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Medu Vada

Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

Ingredients used in Medu Vada

  • 200 gms Urad dal
  • half tsp Cumin seed
  • 1 tsp Pepper powder
  • 0.25 tsp Hing
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • Oil - to fry
  • 1 spring Curry leaves (chopped)

Instructions
 

Preparing the Vada Batter:

  • Soak 200 gms of urad dal for 6 hours or overnight.
  • Later drain the water.
  • Add the soaked urad dal in a grinder jar.
  • Add 2 to 3 tablespoon water or as required.
  • Make sure not to make the batter very thin.
  • Make sure not to make the batter very thin.
  • You can grind in parts and add water as required.
  • Grind the urad dal to a smooth batter.
  • The batter should be fluffy , coarse, thick and not liquid.
  • In a bowl add blended urad dal, hing, pepper, curry leaves, cumin seeds, salt as per taste mix all these ingredients and beat it well with hands.
  • A quick tip is to take a small ball of batter and drop it to a bowl of water.
  • The batter should float. If it does not float beat the batter again with hands to make it more airy and fluffy.

Frying the Vadas:

  • Take a Frying pan add oil to it, let it heat. Keep the flame to medium.
  • Take a bowl of water. Apply some water from the bowl on both your hands.
  • Take some batter in your right hand from the bowl. Give it a round shape. With your thumb make a hole in the center.
  • Slid the medu vada into hot oil.
  • Once the medu vada are slightly golden then gently turn over with a slotted spoon and continue to fry.
  • Fry the medu vada till crisp and golden.
  • The oil should not be very hot, but medium hot. Once the vadai is crisp and golden remove with a spoon draining the extra oil.
  • Fry the rest of the vadas in the same manner.
  • Drain medu vada on kitchen tissues to remove excess oil.
  • Serve hot medu vada with sambar and coconut chutney.