Medhu Vada
- 16
- March
- 2011
Ingredients
- 1 cup urad dal, soaked for couple of hours
- 2 tsp rice flour
- 3 green chilies, chopped
- 1 bulb small onion, chopped
- few cilantro leaves, chopped
- 1 spring curry leaves, chopped
- 1 inch ginger, grated
- 1 pinch asafoetida
- salt to taste
- 1 pinch of baking soda
- 1/4 tsp peppercorns
- 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp grated coconut
- oil to shallow fry
Method
Wet grind the lentils to smooth paste, add all the ingredients to it, except oil. Mix well.
Heat oil in a frying pan. Wet the palm and make tiny vadais and add them to oil, once it turns golden to reddish brown…flip over and cook to the other side. Remove from heat and leave them over kitchen towels. Repeat the same for the remaining batter. Serve warm with chutney and sambar. Its a perfect tea time snack. Enjoy. 
Perfect and delicious vada.. !!
Indian Cuisine
Cooking for mom gives you immense pleasure and just getting a laugh and a nod from her is the best gift…
wow! vada looks perfect !
Following you ! may be thats y I missed your last posts
love this looks crispy and yumm..
Hi Malar,
First time here and must say those pics are very tempting… Every girl’s idol, when it comes to cooking, is her mother.. And cooking for Mom is really challenging coz she is perfectionist..
I’ve bookmarked some of ur recipes and love to follow u!!
Rasoi
LOve it a lot.. i am drooling seeing that vada ..pls pass me some malar.
Vada’s look crispy and perfect shape. my hubby just love them with a dip in sambhar.
Vadai looks crispy and delicious..nice tea time snack..
I can see why ur mom loved it!!! These looks so crispy & mouthwatering!!
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
Yum…looks so tempting
Those vadas look super tempting.
Crispy and yummy vadas,,my favorite.
Oooh this looks great!
Medhu vada with coconut chutney, am an addict to this combo,sooo crispy..
Wow!! superb..cripsy and tempting..
I love the more chopped corriander inthat vaai which makes like hotel..
More than all you mom likes is the win. Because allthese day parents for us, when we cook and get their comments…wonderful movement i willsay…
These look perfect, am craving for some now
US Masala
Medhu vada is my mom’s favorite looks awesome.
A perfect tea time snack, or a yummy breakfast along with a little chutney and sambar on the side.
Wow!! superb..crispy and tempting..
delicious snack..:)
vadai Soooper!!!
all time favorite.. yummy
Vadai’s are looking super good..made perfectly.
Killer combination! I love both eggplants and shrimps. Would love to try this out!
Looks perfect and delicious
Yummy vada’s!
So perfect shaped vadas…so tempting me…..yummy…I wish to be neighbor
shallow frying try panninathu illa …will try next time…ammakku Martin dhaan cook panni tharuveengala…naanga vantha???
Welcome back Muraligeetham:)
Welcome to my little world Reshmi, hope you will have good time:)
Thats exactly true Vimitha and Usha, even if you just nods its like a million dollar stuff to us:)
Thanks Prathima, Raji and everyone:)
You are most welcome Sangee, yeah it would have been better if you were my neighbor:)