Uzhunnu Vada or Urad Dal Fritters
Uzhunnu Vada or Urad Dal Fritters

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, uzhunnu vada or urad dal fritters. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Savory doughnuts made with urad dal (skinned black gram), onions, ginger, chilies, and curry leaves. Uzhunnu vada, also known as medu vada or urad dal fritters, is a common snack in South India. What can be a more ideal complement to a hot piping tea?

Uzhunnu Vada or Urad Dal Fritters is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Uzhunnu Vada or Urad Dal Fritters is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have uzhunnu vada or urad dal fritters using 11 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Uzhunnu Vada or Urad Dal Fritters:
  1. Prepare 1/2 cup Urad dal
  2. Get 1 tbsp Rice flour
  3. Make ready 1 Onion
  4. Take 2 Green chilli
  5. Make ready 1 strand Curry leaves
  6. Prepare 1/8 tsp Asafeotida
  7. Get 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  8. Get 10 Black pepper
  9. Make ready 1 inch Ginger
  10. Take 1/2 tsp Salt
  11. Take Oil for frying

These doughnuts shaped fritters are made with black gram, herbs, coconut and spices. Even though the main ingredient is urad dal (black gram) but the herbs and spices can vary. These urad dal fritters or uzhunnu vada have deliciousness written all over them. And at the moment, I just can't think of a better recipe to make your teatime super awesome.

Steps to make Uzhunnu Vada or Urad Dal Fritters:
  1. Wash and soak urad dal for 1 hour.
  2. Drain this and grind it to a smooth paste adding a few tablespoons of water if required.
  3. Transfer it to a large bowl. Beat and combine the batter with your hand for 5 minutes.
  4. Add the chopped onions, ginger, green chilies, pepper corns, curry leaves, rice flour, baking soda and salt to the batter in the bowl.
  5. Heat oil in a deep bottomed Kadai / CheenaChatti and keep it in medium flame.
  6. Have a small banana leaf ready. Also keep a cup of water near you and wet your hand with this. This will prevent sticking of the batter to your hands.
  7. Place a handful of batter to the leaf and make a small ball shape out of it.
  8. Gently put a hole using your index finger and shape up the sides to round shape.
  9. When the oil has heated well, drop it slowly and carefully.
  10. Fry them till they become golden colour, by flipping in between.
  11. Drain into kitchen tissues.
  12. Serve hot with coconut chutney.

Urad dal loaded with spices and herbs are deep fried to perfection just for you. This is indeed perfection in every bite. Uzhunnu Vada or Medu Vada or Urad Dal Fritters is a popular South Indian snack. Vada is prepared by soaking urad dal and grinding into a thick batter. The dish's main ingredients are lentils, which is a good source of protein.

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