Urad dal - Rice Vada / Ambado - A very tasty evening snack. Good combination with coconut
chutney !!!!
Makes: 12 normal vadas or 14 - 16 ambados (round balls)
Ingredients
1 cup (100 g) urad dal
1 cup (100 g) raw rice (pachari / ponni rice)
2 cups water
1 - inch piece ginger, finely chopped
1 green chilli, finely chopped (1 big isze or 2 small size)
8 curry leaves, finely chopped
2 pinches hing (asafoetida)
1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste( not more than 3/4 teaspoon)
250 ml oil
Method
Wash and soak urad dal and rice together for 2 hours. Drain
out water completely and make a smooth and thick batter in a mixer in 2 batches. Sprinkle
2 tablespoons water when making batter.
Transfer the vada batter into another bowl and mix with
chopped ginger, green chilli, curry leaves, hing and salt. Prepare ambado /
vada immediately.
For normal vadas - Heat oil in a karahi / frying pan on high heat. Reduce the heat to medium. Wet your palms and take batter into the palms. Shape it like
a doughnut with a hole in the centre. The reason for putting hole is to allow
for expansion during frying as well as to obtain uniform cooking through out
the cross section. Carefully transfer into hot oil (4 – 5 vadas at a time) and
fry on a medium heat until golden brown
on both the sides. Drain out from oil and place on kitchen towel / paper towel
to absorb extra oil.
For ambade / ambados - Heat oil in a karahi on high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and drop
teaspoons (use small spoons which shape like ice cream scoop to get evenly
round shape) of the vada / ambado batter (8 ambados at a time ) and fry till
golden color on both the sides.
Drain and place on kitchen towel to absorb excess oil.
Serve as an evening snack with Coconut chutney.
Coconut chutney (Hotel New Woodlands, Chennai style special
coconut chutney)
Serves: 3
Ingredients
1 cup / 6 tablespoon grated coconut
1 green chilli, chopped
1/2 - inch piece ginger, chopped
1/2 teaspoon tamarind paste
8 mint leaves
1/2 teaspoon salt (or To taste)
2 tablespoons water
Method
Make a smooth and thick paste of above ingredients in a
mixer / blender. Serve with vada / ambados.
Yummy!!
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