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Masal Vadai Recipe | Masala Vada Recipe | Paruppu Vadai

Posted on July 30, 2017 Category: Diwali Recipes, Ganesh Chathurthi Recipes, Indian Festival Recipes, Indian Veg. Snacks Recipes, Karthigai Deepam Recipes, Pongal Recipes, Ugadi Festival Recipes

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This masal vadai recipe / masala vada recipe is a very famous street food found in almost all tea shops (tea kadai) till hotels and restaurants. It’s a very simple recipe with few ingredients and the main point to be noted here is the batter/mix consistency only. The batter should be coarse and almost dry to get crispy paruppu vadai. It is also a protein rich snack with less oil and it stays crispy for hours. If you are bored of the regular ulundhu vadai, try this vada for all festivals like diwali, varamahalakshmi vrat etc without onion and garlic. Ok, let’s go to the recipe……

Masal Vadai Recipe 1

Masal Vadai Recipe

Masal Vadai Recipe | Masala Vada Recipe | Paruppu Vadai

Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Snacks
Soaking + Cooking time : 3 hours + 20 Mins | Makes : 15 to 20

Ingredients
  • Channa Dal – 1 Cup
  • Raw Rice / Rice flour / Sooji – 1 tbsp
  • Red Chilli – 2
  • Garlic – 6 to 7
  • Ginger – 1 small piece
  • Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp
  • Cinnamon – 1″ piece
  • Onion – 1
  • Green Chilli – 1
  • Coriander Leaves – 1 tbsp
  • Curry Leaves – 1 sprig
  • Turmeric Powder – 1 pinch (optional)
  • Salt – As Required
  • Oil – For Deep Frying
Method

1. Rinse channa dal well. Soak it in water for 3 hours and drain the thoroughly. Peel the skin of garlic and ginger.
Masal Vadai Recipe Steps1
2. First add red chilli, garlic, ginger, fennel seeds, cinnamon to a mixer and grind it. Then add channa dal to the mixer and grind it in batches.
Masal Vadai Recipe Steps2
3. Grind the channa dal coarsely, never add water at any stage. The mix can be dry also, as we add hot oil before frying it helps in binding. Reserve few soaked whole channa dal and add to the mix at last. Chop onion, green chilli, coriander leaves, curry leaves finely and add to the mix. Then add sooji and required salt.
Paruppu Vadai Recipe Steps3
4. Now add turmeric powder, 1 ladle of hot oil and mix everything well. Wet your hands, make small equal sized balls and pat them with your palms.
Masala Vada Recipe Steps4
5. Heat oil in a kadai, dropped the vadai one by one carefully. Flip it on both sides and fry it in medium flame till golden brown and crispy. Don’t over crowd the oil and fry it in batches only. Drain it in kitchen towel.
Masala Vada Recipe Steps5Enjoy this masal vadai with tea or
filter coffee.

 

Masal Vadai Recipe

Masal Vadai Recipe

Tips

1. Soak the channa dal for minimum 3 hours, else the paruppu vadai turns hard.
2. Also don’t soak the dal for more than 3 hours as the vada wont turn crispy.
3. Never pour/add water while grinding dal, the mix should be coarse only. The batter/mix consistency is very important for this masal vadai recipe.
4. Onions can be replaced with shallots/small onions which adds more taste .
5. Mint leaves, carrot can also be used for more flavour and taste.
6. For quick version, ginger and garlic can be replaced with 1.5 tsp of ginger-garlic paste.
7. Raw rice/rice flour/sooji any one of these can be used for crispiness. If using raw rice, soak and grind it along with dal.
8. I added hot oil for binding purpose and crispiness.
9. If the batter turns watery, add about 1/2 tbsp of rice flour for binding. But don’t add more, it makes the vada hard.
10. Also don’t make the vada too thick (medium thickness only) as it wont get cooked inside.
11. Always fry the vada in medium flame only, so it will be cooked evenly both outside and inside.
12. If preparing this masala vada recipe for any festivals, skip onion, garlic and make it plain.
13. Add salt just before frying the vada, otherwise it oozes out water and the batter becomes little watery.
14. This batter/mix can be stored in refrigerator for a 2 days, but add onion and salt before frying only.

Masala Vada Recipe 1

Masala Vada Recipe

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