How to Make Medu vada

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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. Medu vada are most commonly made in traditional South Indian homes.

Recipe of Medu vada

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook medu vada using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Medu vada:

1. Get 1 cup Urad Dal (Split White Lentils)
2. Get 1 medium Onion or 2-3 shallots, finely chopped (optional)
3. Get 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
4. Get 1/2 teaspoon crushed Black Peppercorns
5. Get 5-7 Curry Leaves, finely chopped, optional
6. Make ready 1-2 Green Chillies, finely chopped
7. Prepare 1 pinch Asafoetida (hing), optional
8. Get 2-3 tablespoons finely chopped Coriander Leaves
9. Get as required Oil, for deep frying
10. Make ready to taste Salt

Medu vada or vadai is a traditional favourite of South India that features not just in everyday cuisine. Medu vada is one of those unforgettable Southern Indian meals. It is served with steaming hot Sambar and fresh coconut chutney in some places. Medu vadas are uncomplicated to make.

Instructions

Steps to make Medu vada:

1. Take 1 cup urad dal in a small deep pot
2. 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.
3. Drain excess water from the dal and transfer it to the jar of a blender/mixer grinder.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Make a whole in the center using your thumb.
9. 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
10. 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.

Allow vada to get medium golden brown on one side before flipping over to the other side. Medu vada is an Indian snack that is visually similar to a doughnut, consisting of a deep-fried batter It is believed that medu vada was invented in the city of Maddur, located in the region that is today. Medu Vada Recipe, Medhu Vadai Recipe, How To Make Medu Vada Recipe. lentil savory doughnuts, a south Indian breakfast. Bhatura is traditional North Indian Punjabi classic Indian bread. Thats amma making the medu vada 🙂.

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