Uzhunnu Vada / Urad Vada / Medu vada / Lentil Fritter
Helllllo 😊!!! Hope you guys tried my Mutton Biriyani recipe…
How was it? Please do share your feedback.
These feed backs are so very encouraging and inspiring, it motivates me to try and share yummy recipes 😊😊. Today I am here with an extremely popular tea
time snack 👌. It is loved by all 😍, Yes!!! It is Uzhunnu vada or Medu Vada. Back
home in Kerala a good amount of space is occupied by these vadas in all tea
shops 😉😉. This is usually served as a tea time 🍵 snack but
you also serve this during breakfast as a combo along with dosa (rice pancake)
or pongal (rice / lentil dish). Uzhunnu vada is made with urad dal (a type of
lentil) and it resembles a doughnut 🍩 in appearance. They have a crispy exterior
and soft interior 😋. The lentils are
soaked in water for a minimum of 2 hours. Then they are ground to a coarse
paste. I used mixer grinder for grinding ,extreme care should be taken
while grinding. Add water just enough to make it to a coarse paste. It shouldn’t
be very coarse 😉. Then they are beaten well
to incorporate air in to it, this is very important as this gives a soft and fluffy
vada. Later on spices like pepper (I used pepper powder), green chilies, ginger, curry leaves and shallots
(I used onion) are added 👌👌 . Then it is shaped like doughnuts and it is dropped in
to hot piping oil and it is fried. Tasty vadas are ready in minutes 😋😋. It is a
perfect tea time snack especially during this chilly weather 😃. Okay then let’s
get started….
