ULUNDU VADAI /URAD VADA/MEDU VADA
It is a tradition to make Ulunthu Vadai on that auspicious day. It is an outer crispy & inner soft recipe. We can have this for breakfast along with Idly, Pongal, Dosa or we can have it by ourselves. It is an excellent snack to go with coffee or tea.
Equipment
- Wet grinder/Mixer grinder
- Pan
Ingredients
- Cumin seeds -1/2 tsp
- Black pepper -1/2 tsp
- Rice Flour- 2 tbsp
- Urad dal- 1cup
- Shallots- ½ cup finely chopped
- Green chili- 2 finely chopped
- Ginger 1 inch finely chopped
- Curry leaves finely chopped
- Coriander leaves finely chopped
- Salt to taste.
- Baking soda small pinch
Instructions
Preparation :
- Take 1 cup of urad dal (without skin) wash and soak it for at least 1 hour.
- After the urad dal soaked well .grind it well into a fluffy batter (Add little water and grind well ) Then, Transfer the batter into a bowl.
Method:
- Take a bowl with the urad batter.
- Add the chopped shallots, green chili, black pepper, cumin seeds, curry leaves, ginger, coriander leaves, Salt to taste, Mix well. Then, add 2 tbsp of Rice Flour in it and mix well. 📌Add salt little bit high (not too).
- Take a small pinch of baking soda in a spoon, add a few drops waters to dissolve, sprinkle it into the batter and mix well.
- Turn on the flame Take a pan with enough oil to fry.
- Dip the right hand into the water and make it wet. (📌 So, the batter will not stick in hand.)
- Now, Take a batter and make it as a small ball from your hand, press it gently to flatten it, make a hole by pressing in the center of the batter using thump Finger.
- Now the perfect shape Ulundu Vadai is ready to fry. Drop it gently into the oil and fry it. Then, turn the Vadai to the other side using and cook well. 📌 Note: care should be taken not to over fry it.
- Repeat the same process with the remaining batter and serve the crispy and tasty Ulundu Vadai with coconut chutney.