Uzhunnu vada

Uzhunnu vada is usually sold in India as a street food. It is very common to hear the calls for vadai-vadai from our railway stations. I have lost those days when i traveled in train during my school days and college days. I just feel like refreshing all those this time when i get home. Vada familys includes- ulli vada, parippu vada, pakka vada, thayir vada, uzhunnu vada. Uzhunnu vada is sometimes served in addition with dosa and idli in certain restaurants. You may prepare the batter and refrigerate it for 2 days in a hot weather. And also with the same batter you can prepare some rava dosa or rava idli by adding some semolina(rava) to it. It is all just easy right?


Requisites:-( for 10-12 vadas)


Black gram(Uzhunnu parippu)- 11/2 cup, soaked in water for 6hrs
Ginger chopped finely- 1 + 1/2 tbspn
Green chillies chopped finely-1tblspn-4 chillies
Whole Black pepper- 40
Coriander chopped finely-1tblspn
Curry leaves chopped finely-1 tblspn
Shallots sliced thinly-4 tblspn
Turmeric to give color-1/2 tspn
Baking soda-1/2 tspn to get a bread spongy texture
Salt to taste.


Directions:-

• Take one tblspn of gram and keep aside before grinding the rest into a fine paste. Add 1/2 tblspn of ginger and 1/2 tblspn of g.chillies to this black gram while grinding. This would add taste to your uzhunnu vada. DO NOT add any extra water while grinding. But you can just take the soaked grams straight into the blender using you hands as a strainer. 
• Now mix in all rest of the ingredients to form the vada batter which would be thick.
• Heat oil in a pan. Test the temperature of oil by dropping the batter. If it pops up it is enough hot to cook. But if it turns brown very fast as it pops up switch off the stove and repeat.
• Now  take one tablespoon of batter and gently pour them into the oil forming a semi circle.
• Take another spn of batter to complete the circle.
• When it turns lightly amber on one side flip it over to cook the other side.
• DONE. Serve hot with coconut chutney( green/ red) or Ulli chammanthi .

BON APPETITE:)