Methu Vada Recipe | Uzhunthu Vadai Recipe

Methu vada is one of the famous south Indian snacks we could see most festivals and functions. Which is best combination of idly vada and pongal vada. Medu vada is preparing by soaking and grinding urad dal . We can give it to kids regularly since urad dal is good for health. Step by step instructions below

Preparation time : 5 minutes

Cooking time : 20 minutes

Soaking time : 1 hour

Grinding time : 15 minutes

Total times : 1 hour 40 minutes

Serving: 4

Course: snacks

Cuisine: south Indian recipe

Ingredients:

200 gram Urad dal

1 onion chopped

1 chilly

1 sprig curry leaves

Salt as needed

Oil for frying

Water as needed

Method:
(1 cup = 200 gram)

1.       Wash 1 cup Urad dal 2 or 3 times and soak it in water, let it sit for 1 hour

2.      After 1 hour drain water completely from dal and transfer it to the grinder

3.      Grind it as smooth paste, sprinkle few water if needed

4.      Now the batter is ready, transfer to the bowl

5.      Add chopped  onion, chilly, curry leaves and needed salt to the batter, then mix well

6.      Take few oil and apply in your hand

7.      Take some batter from bowl and make it as round shape

8.     With your thump make a hole in the center position

9.      Heat oil in kadai for deep frying the methu vada

10.  Once the oil becomes hot, drop the medu vada in hot oil, fry them on medium heat till turns color change (flip them in between)

11.   Fry them in batches till you use up all the batter

12.  Serve the Medu vada with coconut chutney or sambar or pudina chutney or coriander chutney

Pictorial

200 gram urad dal

soak it in water, let it sit for 1 hour

After 1 hour drain water completely from dal and transfer it to the grinder

Grind it as smooth paste, sprinkle few water if needed

Transfer grinded batter to the bowl

Add chopped chilly, curry leaves, onion and needed salt to the batter

Mix well

Take few oil and apply in your hand

Take some batter from bowl and make it as round shape

With your thump make a hole in the center position

Heat oil in kadai for deep frying the methu vada

Once the oil becomes hot, drop the medu vada in hot oil

Fry them on medium heat till turns color change (flip them in between)

Serve the Medu vada with coconut chutney or sambar or pudina chutney or coriander chutney

Notes:

Don’t add more water while you grinding the urad dal, if you needed sprinkle few water