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Medu Vada is a Karnataka snack made from black gram lentils. The lentils are ground into a fine batter and shaped into small donut shapes and then deep fried. These soft deep fried vadas are served with chutney or sambhar.
Ingredients:
Black Gram / Split Urad Dal – 1 cup
Coconut, finely chopped – 1/4 cup
Peppercorns – 15 to 18
Green Chillis – 5
Curry Leaves – 15
Asafoetida Powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
Method:
- Wash urad dal thoroughly and soak in water for 2-3 hours.
- Shred green chillis and curry leaves.
- Drain all the water from soaked urad dal.
- Blend urad dal with asafoetida and salt into smooth fluffy batter using very little water. The consistency of this batter must be such that if you drop a small amount of batter in a cup of water, the batter must float or if you scoop out some batter with your fingers, it must hold shape.
- Transfer the batter onto a mixing bowl.
- Add peppercorns, chopped coconut, shredded green chillis and curry leaves. Mix until well combined.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Wet your both your palms and using one palm scoop out ping-pong sized portion of the batter from the edge where the batter is in contact with the mixing bowl.
- Place the scooped batter on the other palm and flatten slightly to round shape and make a hole in the centre to resemble a doughnut.
- Slide this carefully into hot oil.
- Set the flame to medium and fry until crisp and golden brown.
- Serve hot with coconut chutney and sambhar.
