Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, medu vada. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Medu vada is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Medu vada is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Medu vada recipe with step by step photos - Crispy, fluffy and delicious vada that goes very well with coconut chutney or sambar. These urad dal vada are also known as Garelu in Andhra, Uzhunnu. To make the hotel style medu vada, crushed black pepper, green chilies, ginger, cumin seeds, curry leaves and onions are used.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook medu vada using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Medu vada:
- Get 1 cup Urad Dal (Split White Lentils)
- Take 1 medium Onion or 2-3 shallots, finely chopped (optional)
- Take 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- Take 1/2 teaspoon crushed Black Peppercorns
- Make ready 5-7 Curry Leaves, finely chopped, optional
- Make ready 1-2 Green Chillies, finely chopped
- Prepare 1 pinch Asafoetida (hing), optional
- Get 2-3 tablespoons finely chopped Coriander Leaves
- Take as required Oil, for deep frying
- Take to taste Salt
If batter is too soft: it will not be able to hold the shape and will absorb too much oil. Medhu vadai recipe - Ulunthu vadai - ulundu vadai- medu vada - with video and step by step pictures, tips and tricks to make perfect shape. The only work/help I used to do before marriage,to my mom, if. Medu vada is one of those unforgettable Southern Indian meals.
Instructions to make Medu vada:
- Take 1 cup urad dal in a small deep pot
- Wash it 2-3 times in water and then soak it in approx. 1½ cups water for 2-3 hours. Don’t soak it for more than 3 hours. If possible, use whole skinned urad dal instead of split urad dal.
- Drain excess water from the dal and transfer it to the jar of a blender/mixer grinder.
- Grind until the batter is fluffy and have smooth texture. Sprinkle few drops of cold water while grinding to grind it smoothly. Don’t add too much water while grinding (added less than 1/2 cup water). While grinding, scrap the sides with a spatula and sprinkle water as needed to grind it smoothly. Batter should be thick in consistency.
- Transfer batter into a bowl and beat it using your hand for 1-2 minutes in one direction. This process incorporates air which makes the vada light and fluffy. To check the batter is fluffy enough or not, drop a small portion of batter in the bowl filled with water and if it floats on the surface it means that batter is fluffy enough.
- Add 1 finely chopped onion (optional), 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, 1/2 teaspoon crushed black peppercorns, 5-7 chopped curry leaves, 1-2 chopped green chillies, a pinch of asafoetida (hing), 2-3 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves and salt.Mix well.
- Heat oil in a deep kadai or frying pan over medium flame. Wet your palm with water. Take medium lemon sized portion of batter on your palm, press it gently and make thick round shaped vada.
- Make a whole in the center using your thumb.
- When the oil is medium hot, slowly slide vada in it; add 3-4 vadas at a time. Flip and deep-fry both the sides until they turn light golden brown and crisp
- Drain excess oil and transfer them over kitchen paper on a plate. Repeat the same process for remaining batter. Spongy medu vada is ready to serve with hot sambar.
It is served with steaming hot Sambar and fresh coconut chutney in some places. Medu vadas are uncomplicated to make. Medu Vadai is a crispy doughnut shaped south Indian savory snack that can be served with tea or coffee as an evening snack or with sambar and other tiffin dishes. Medu vada is the South Indian breakfast made from skinless black lentils (urad dal). The lentil batter is shaped like doughnuts (hole in the center) and deep fried into the oil.
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