Kurunai vadai recipe
South Indian style vadai recipe using rice and urad dal
Servings: 25 small vadais
Ingredients
- 1 cup Idli rice
- 1 tbsp raw rice | sona maasoori rice
- ¼ cup urad dal
- 3 green chilis
- ¼ cup chopped small onions
- 3 tbsp coconut bits
- sAlt as needed
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Wash and soak the rice and dal separately for 3 hours.
- Drain the water from the urad dal and grind this into a smooth paste.
- Do not add much water while grinding.
- Sprinkle water and grind into a smooth paste as how we do for urad dal vadai.
- Grind the rice into a rava consistency.
- Transfer both the batter into a bowl.
- If making the vadais later, keep the batter inside the fridge.
- Just before making, add the finely chopped small onions, green chili, coconut bits and salt.
- Combine well.
- Ensure the batter is not too tight.
- If it is thick add 1-2 tbsp of water and mix it well.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- When it is hot, take small portion of the batter and drop it in the oil.
- Fry in medium flame.
- Flip on both sides and fry till golden brown.
- Take out from the oil and drain in the kitchen towel.
- Repeat for the rest.
- Kurunai vadai is ready.
- Serve with hot tea or coffee.
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Notes
- Do not make the batter too thick as the vadas will become hard.
• If it is too watery also it will drink more oil. Let the consistency be like urad dal vada consistency.
• Small onions will give a great taste to this vada so do not omit it.
• Also coconut bits give a fantastic taste too.
• Kurunai vadai is a perfect rainy day tea time snack recipe.