Masaal Vadai (Paruppu Vadai)
Course: SnacksCuisine: South IndianDifficulty: EasyServings
4
servingsPrep time
30
minutesCooking time
30
minutesMasaal Vadi or Paruppu Vadai is an all time favorite snacks for kids. It is best for evening tea-time snack. Also serves it as side dish for morning breakfast items like Idli, Dosa, Pongal etc.
Ingredients
Bengalgram Dal – 250 gms
Onion – 2 nos
Green chillies 2 nos
Curry leaves – 8 nos
Corriander Leaves – 4 stems
Ginger – 1/2 coin size
Garlic – 4 nos (Splitted)
Salt – as required
Fennel Seeds – 1/2 Teaspoon
Cooking Oil – 1/2 Litre
Directions
- Take 250 gms of bengalgram dal, wash it using water twice.
- Soak the bengalgram dal in water for 1 hour. Take two tablespoon of soaked bengalgram dal and keep it separately.
- Add the bengalgram dal, fennel seeds, garlic, salt and ginger into mixerjar and then grind them coarsely into vada batter consistency. Tranfer batter into a seprate vessel.
- Then finely chop Onion, Green chillies, Curry leaves and Corriander leaves.
- Add all the chopped ingredients into the vadai batter vessel andmix them well.
- Keep a frying pan in stove, add 1/2 lite of oil into it and wait until it gets heated.
- Make vadai into medium size and shape using your hand and drop it gently in the heated oil.
- Fry the vadai on both sides until it changes to golden brown colour.
- Tasty Masaal Vadi is ready.
Notes
- Can be served as snack item during evening with coffee or tea.
- Can be used as side dish with breakfast items like Idli, Dosa, Pongal etc.,
- Can be used as side dish for Lunch items like Meals, Variety Rices etc.,
Masaal Vadi or Paruppu Vadai is an all time favorite snacks for kids. It is best for evening tea-time snack. Also serves it as side dish for morning breakfast items like Idli, Dosa, Pongal etc.
Hey nice blog post. It is a healthy evening snack although it is made out of oil. I usually make it but without adding garlic. I will try and see with garlics added to it.