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Saturday, July 7, 2012

MEDHU VADAI





Medu vadai or Ulundhu vadai  is a traditional favourite of South India that features not just in everyday cuisine but is also an indispensable part of the menu on festivals and puja days.

No South Indian breakfast is complete without these golden brown vadais crisp on the outside and soft and white inside served with piping hot onion sambhar and white coconut chutney.

 It also doubles up as a snack .

It is a healthy,high protien dish.


 Grind the batter with just enough water to make a soft but not watery dough – as it’s the consistency of the batter that determines how soft and shapely the vadais turn out, and of course how many compliments you reap! after all, ‘medu’ means soft, and the vadais must live up to the name.

The batter should be light and fluffy.

Take some ground batter and drop it in a bowl of water.If it floats,the batter is ready.

Take care to make the vadais as soon as the batter is made, as they will absorb too much oil if left to ferment. Also, forget not the hole in the centre for it is the defining feature of medu vadais!


Ingredients
1 cup urad dal (split black lentils)
1 teaspoon rice flour
3 green chillies , roughly chopped
3 to 4 peppercorns
8 to 10 curry leaves
1 tsp ginger
salt to taste
Oil for deep frying


Method
1. Clean, wash and soak the urad dal in enough water for atleast 2 hours.
2. Drain, add the  rice flour,green chillies, pepper, curry leaves and ginger and blend in a mixer to a smooth batter, adding little water.
3. Add the salt and mix well and divide the mixture into 8 equal portions. Keep aside.
4. Wet your hand, take a portion of the mixture and make a hole in the centre with your thumb.
5. You can even use a banana leaf to shape a vadai.
6. Heat oil in a kadhai, upturn your hand and drop the wada in oil.
7. Deep fry the vadai till both sides turn golden brown in colour.
8. Repeat with the remaining batter to make 7 more medu vadai.
9. Drain on absorbent paper. Serve hot with fried coconut chutney and sambhar


22 comments:

  1. OMG! just awesome.. looking very crispy..

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  2. சூடான மிருதுவான சுவையான மெதுவடைகள், அதுவும் கெட்டிச்சட்னியுடன்.

    அருமை, அருமை. இதுவும் என் நாக்கில் நீரை வரவழைத்து விட்டது.

    படத்திற்கும். பகிர்வுக்கு, செய்முறை விளக்கங்களுக்கும் பாராட்டுக்கள்.

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  3. Hi usha the vada are so perfectly done.

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  4. so perfect yummy vadais..i feel like to grab it from your kitchen..hmmmmmmm..

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  5. Thanx for coming here and tasting my Medhu vadai and leaving a kind comment
    PT
    VGK Sir
    Beena
    Supriya
    and
    Leela

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  6. oh.. I love.. vadas... Yours looks amazingly yumm.... Thanks for joining made with love.. :)

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  7. Oh god I am drooling....really tempting vada's usha..looks crispy and yummy..

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  8. vadas my all time favourite....droolicious....

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  9. Tasty and crispy.These look inviting.

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  10. wow....Looks very crispy and perfect.Love this with sambhar and coconut Chutney !

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  11. coming right away to have this hot vadais

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  12. yummy....Looks like Restaurant Vada..My all time favourite!

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