MEDU VADA/ UDDIN VADA

A crispy Indian doughnut.A south Indian dish loved by all over India.Very easy and quick to make.

 

With following quantity of Ingredients,6-8 Vadas are prepared depending up on size. 

Ingredients :

1. Udad Daal (Split Black Gram)/Udidachi dal(Marathi)/Uddin Bele(Kannada) - 1 Cup
2. Green chillies - 1
3. Dry Coconut flakes - 1/2 cup
4. Crushed Pepper - 1/2 tea spoon
5. Ginger paste or crushed - 1/2 tea spoon
6. Salt to taste
7. Cut Onions  1/2 Cup (Adding Onions is optional)
8. Cumin Seeds - 1 Tea spoon 
9. Baking Soda - 1/4 tea spoon
10. Oil to fry - 250 Mls.

Steps : 

• Soak the Dal in water for around 4 hours.
• Drain the water and transfer dal to Grinder.Do not add water as Dal already has water in it.Grind it well
• Your batter should be thick.To that add Cut Green chillies,Dry coconut flakes,Crushed peppers,Ginger,Salt,Onions,Cumin seeds,Baking Soda and mix well.
• Heat the oil in a pan on medium flame.Take dough ball on your palms of around 2 inch diameter.Shake your palm so that ball is little flattened,,make a hole at the center and let it slip into the oil slowly to fry.
• Fry on medium flame.Your Vada are ready having nice golden browm color.

TIPS : 

• Do not add water while grinding.Your batter should be as thick as possible or else, vadas do not hold good shape neither in hands nor in vada maker.
• Do not hold dough on your finger as marks of fingers remain on dough even after fried and this spoils texture of the vadas.While transferring to oil, make sure dough remains for as less time as possible on your fingers to avoid the marks of fingers.