Medu Vada | Tasty Uzhunnu Vada

SobhaKesavan S

Medu Vada is a popular and very delicious snack in Kerala Cuisine. The traditional styled Medu Vada is well enjoyed over a cup of hot tea. You can accommodate the vada as a breakfast dish too with chutney and hot sambar. The dish is unique and special with black gram mixture pressed into small rounds on the palm and deep fried in hot boiling oil to a golden brown color. Care should be taken while grinding the soaked black gram. The batter should be coarse and not watery. Add very little water while grinding the mixture. Tasty Uzhunnu Vada is soft and delicious, very light on your tummy. Black gram is rich in protein and other vital nutrients required for your body. Hot and crispy and very soft on the inside, Tasty Uzhunnu Vada is a delight for both the young and old alike. The favorite snack is very easy to prepare with limited ingredients. You can explore a well detailed recipe here that can be easily prepared at home.

You can visit this link Parippu vada Restaurant Style. You can also visit this link Ulli Vada.

Medu Vada | Tasty Uzhunnu Vada

Medu Vada | Tasty Uzhunnu Vada

Medu Vada is a popular and very delicious snack in Kerala Cuisine. The traditional styled Medu Vada is well enjoyed over a cup of hot tea. You can accommodate the vada as a breakfast dish too with chutney and hot sambar. The dish is unique and special with black gram mixture pressed into small rounds on the palm and deep fried in hot boiling oil to a golden brown color. Care should be taken while grinding the soaked black gram. The batter should be coarse and not watery. Add very little water while grinding the mixture. Tasty Uzhunnu Vada is soft and delicious, very light on your tummy. Black gram is rich in protein and other vital nutrients required for your body. Hot and crispy and very soft on the inside, Tasty Uzhunnu Vada is a delight for both the young and old alike. The favorite snack is very easy to prepare with limited ingredients. You can explore a well detailed recipe here that can be easily prepared at home.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 5 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Uzhunnu parippu (Blackgram dal) : 2 cups(Put the Uzhunnu parippu in water for about 5 hours and soak it well)
  • Ginger 1 piece
  • 1 no Onion
  • 15 leaves Curry leaves
  • 3 nos Green chilli
  • Salt to taste
  • Coconut / Refined Oil : as required for making Vada

Instructions
 

  • Clean the onion, curry leaves, green chilli and ginger and cut them into small pieces as shown in below picture and keep them separately.
  • Grind the soaked uzhunnu parippu and make a batter / paste in thick form (use as less water as possible).
  • Take the uzhunnu parippu batter / paste in a bowl and add the pieces of onion, ginger, curry leaves, green chilli and salt into the batter / paste and mix it well .
  • Make small balls with the batter, apply some water or oil in hands and flatten the balls in round shapes (as per your wish of the size of the vadas).
  • Put a hole in the middle of the flattened batter as shown in the below picture and fry them in hot oil.
  • When both sides of the vadas are cooked / fried well and the colour of vadas turns into golden, take the vadas out from the frying pan and keep them in a serving bowl.
  • Uzhunnu Vadas are ready and they can serve with coconut / onion chutney or sambar.

Notes

You can visit this link Parippu vada Restaurant Style. You can also visit this link Ulli Vada.
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