Maddur Vada Recipe with step by step pictures. This is an easy and crispy savory snack from Karnataka. These are crispy from the outside and soft from the inside.
Maddur Vada
If you have any unexpected guest dropping by or if you are craving for something hot and crispy and fried food suddenly, then this vada may be the answer. This is one of my viewer requested recipe and i am thankful for her because i get to try this vada. They are super yummy.
Ingredients for Maddur Vada
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 cup
- Sooji / Rawa / Semolina - ½ cup
- Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu - ½ cup
- Salt to taste
- Onion - 1 small chopped finely
- Ginger - 1 tsp chopped finely
- Green Chilli - 1 finely chopped finely
- Curry leaves - 1 spring chopped finely
- Coriander leaves / Cilantro - 2 tbsp chopped finely
- Water - 2 tbsp or as needed
- Oil - 2 tbsp + for Deep frying
They are so easy to put together. You will need just a handful of ingredients and you are in business. This vada is a specialty food from karnataka and seriously addictive when had with coconut chutney. With no more delay off you go to the recipe.
How to Make Maddur Vada
- Take flour, sooji, rice flour,salt in a bowl. Drizzle in 2 tbsp of oil and crumble them with your hands so that it resembles a crumble.
- Now add in onion, green chilli, curry leaves, coriander leaves, ginger and mix well.
- Now pour in some water and make into a stiff dough.
- Let the dough rest for 10 mins. Now the onions will leach out some water and the dough must have become little softer.
- Divide the dough into equal balls. Flatten the balls with your hands and set aside.
- Heat oil for deep frying. Fry these vada in medium heat oil till they turn golden.
- Serve with any chutney.
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Maddur Vada Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour / Maida
- ½ cup Sooji / Rawa / Semolina
- ½ cup Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu
- Salt to taste
- 1 small Onion chopped finely
- 1 tsp Ginger chopped finely
- 1 Green Chilli finely chopped finely
- 1 Curry leaves spring chopped finely
- 2 tbsp Coriander leaves / Cilantro chopped finely
- 2 tbsp Water or as needed
- 2 tbsp + for Deep frying Oil
Instructions
- Take flour, sooji, rice flour,salt in a bowl. Drizzle in 2 tblspn of oil and crumble them with your hands so that it resembles a crumble.
- Now add in onion, green chilli, curry leaves, coriander leaves, ginger and mix well.
- Now pour in some water and make into a stiff dough.
- Let the dough rest for 10 mins. Now the onions will leach out some water and the dough must have become little softer.
- Divide the dough into equal balls. Flatten the balls with your hands and set aside.
- Heat oil for deep frying. Fry these vada in medium heat oil till they turn golden.
- Serve with any chutney.
Maddur Vada Recipe Step by Step
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Raks anand
Sounds really good, must try sometime!
Veena Theagarajan
looks crispy and tasty
Happys Cook
Lovely Vadas
Razina Javed
yummy and crunchy vadas, u have got wonderful collection of recipes, following u from now on...
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Anu Shoj
yummy and tasty snack....
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sujatha umesh
hello aarthi.....made this today...super...:)
Hamaree Rasoi
Crispy and crunchy looking vadas.
Deepa
Priya Suresh
Feel like munching some, love this vadas.
surkhab
looks yummy and crunchy , will try sure sometime...
Tamilarasi Sasikumar
Looks Yummy and crispy... Will try it soon...
Charles Narasi
Pinch of Asafoetida(Hing) will enhance the flavor
dhivya swaminathan
So many easy dishes for beginners like me... It's so encouraging
Anonymous
Is the rice flour roasted ?.
Subitha
I tried it really tasty...
Aarthi
@AnonymousI use store bought, i think it is roasted
madhura
All your receipes are too good.....i am going to try this one today.
Sowmya
Hi I am following ur recipes from past few days. Maddur vade, baingan fry, onion chutney,pepper rasam are the few which I tried. Thanks for making all recipes seem so simple thru pictures.
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi... i tried these vada's today...they were yumm but i just want to check are they soft or they are hard and crispy like mathari....because mine were crisp like mathari...if no then where did i go wrong?
Aarthi
@Anonymousi think u have over fried them, it will be little soft
Rosy Ram
Can I use wheat flour instead of maida
Aarthi
@Rosy Ramyes u can use
Anonymous
I tried , it was very yummy .. !! Thanks for the reciepe.
Amita Choudhary
it is necessary to mix rice floor??
Aarthi
@Amita Choudharyyes u need rice flour
Anonymous
Hi,
Very nice recipe! Thanks!
gayathri g3
its a fantastic receipe sister...i love all ur dish so much...