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milagu vadai | vada

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
soaking time 30 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings: 8 vadas
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup urad dhal
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 tsp cumin
  • 1 tbsp rice flour
  • 1 tsp hot oil
  • salt to taste

Method
 

  1. First of all, wash and rinse the urad dhal,
  2. soak the urad dhal for 30 minutes
  3. drain the water from the urad dhal
  4. Keep the urad dhal in colander/ strainer for 2 minutes to drain off the water completely
To blend:
  1. in a blender jar add 1 tsp of pepper, 1/2 tsp of cumin, grind it coarsely
  2. Then add the drained urad dhal
  3. Give 2,3 pulse using spoon mix well to make sure blade of blender jar not getting struck,
  4. Add 1 tsp of water for 3 times while you mixing with the spoon, pour at the bottom of the blender jar (not at the top)
    give pulse till urad dhal getting blended coarsely
Mixing the vada batter:
  1. Transfer the coarsely blended urad dhal into mixing bowl
  2. add 1tbsp of rice flour and salt (only less than 1 tsp needed), mix well
  3. Add 1 tsp of hot oil, mix well
    now the batter is ready
Making patties:
  1. Roll into a perfect ball
  2. Press at the centre to make small patties
  3. Grease a polythene sheet with 2,3 drops of oil
  4. Put at the polythene sheet, slightly press at the center
  5. Cover the upper side with polythene sheet, press using palm to make perfect patty
  6. Open the polythene sheet, put a hole in the center of the patty
  7. Take off from the sheet.
    It is ready for frying
For frying:
  1. Heat the oil in a pan
  2. put the patties you made
  3. fry it in medium flame till you get golden brown colored vada