MEDHU /ULUNDU VADAI

Vadai is a popular snack or breakfast dish which is usually served with coconut chutney and sambhar. It's a crispy deep-fried savory food made of lentils. They are made by soaking urad dal and grind to the batter. The process of making hotel-style vada at home is not complicated once you know the trick to get the perfect consistency of the dough. We loved it to the core.

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook time 1hour

Total time 1hour10mins

Recipe for Medhu vada

Recipe type: Snack-Breakfast

Cuisine:  South Indian

Yields: serves 6 to 8 persons

Ingredients:

• Whole urad dal (without skin) – 1 cup
• Green chilies -2
• Raw rice -1/2 tsp
• Fried gram- 1/2 tsp (pottu kadalai)
• chopped onions(optional)
• salt
• Oil for deep frying.

Method:

Soak urad dal with ½ tsp of raw rice and ½ fried gram for one hour. 

Drain the water completely and grind it along with green chilies to a smooth and soft batter without adding water or sprinkling little water now and then. If needed, you can sprinkle very little water and grind. Take a small amount of dough, and when you drop it in water, it should float.

Now take a bowl of water, wet your fingers and take a lemon sized vada batter, flatten it with your thumb. Make a hole in the middle. And slip it into the hot oil very gently.

Once the oil is hot enough, reduce the flame to medium and fry until it turns golden brown on both sides. Remove it from oil and place it on a colander or paper towel to drain excess oil. serve medhu vadas with coconut chutney

Quick Tips:

Don't add salt while grinding.
Try to make vada, once the batter is ready; If you keep it for long; Vada will absorb more oil.
You can also add whole pepper to the vada batter

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.