Medu vada is crispy doughnut shaped dal fritters. These vada turn out crispy on the outside and fluffy inside. Perfect ulundu vadai to serve with coconut chutney and sambar.
Vadai is my favourite evening snacks. These medu vadai is so crispy on the outside but wicked fluffy in the centre. Dipping this in chutney and sambar is heavenly. I love it with hot idli, sambar and chutney. We make this combo often mainly during weekends.
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How to Make Medu Vada
- Soak Urad dal and rice together for 2 to 3 hours. Now drain it and grind in a blender to a very smooth paste. Add little water as needed to make a smooth paste. Tranfer this to a mixing bowl and set aside.
- Now add onions, green chilli, ginger, curry leaves in this and mix well.
- Take a small portion out of this and flatten it with your hands. Make a small hole in the center and drop in hot oil. You can also use a plastic sheet to make this (refer picture)
- Fry this till golden brown and drain in a paper towel.
- Serve with chutney and sambar.
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We often make this at home and if there is any special occasion in our house, then this is the one of which occupies the table.
Everyone think that this is complicated , but I can tell you that it is so easy peasy..The trick in this is you should grind the urad dal mixture till it is fluffy and smooth, but add very less water so that you will be able to shape it properly.
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Hope you like it and let me know what you think.
Crispy Medu Vada
Crispy vada made using urad dal batter. These vada makes a great evening snack with a cup of tea.
Ingredients
- Whole Urad Dal / Vellai Ulundu – 1.5 cup
- Rice uncooked – 3 tblspn
- Onion – 1 finely chopped
- Green Chilli – 3 finely chopped
- Ginger – 2 tblspn finely chopped
- Curry leaves – 1 handful finely chopped
- Salt to taste
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Soak Urad dal and rice together for 2 to 3 hours. Now drain it and grind in a blender to a very smooth paste. Add little water as needed to make a smooth paste. Tranfer this to a mixing bowl and set aside.
- Now add onions, green chilli, ginger, curry leaves in this and mix well.
- Take a small portion out of this and flatten it with your hands. Make a small hole in the center and drop in hot oil. You can also use a plastic sheet to make this (refer picture)
- Fry this till golden brown and drain in a paper towel.
- Serve with chutney and sambar.
Notes
- Add little water while grinding. If you add lots of water, you wont be able to shape the vadai and the vadai will drink lots of oil.
- Don't keep the batter out for more than 3 hours, as it will turn sour and ferment. The vadai wont taste good.
- If your batter is not thick enough, add little all purpose flour / maida to it and mix it up. Dont add too much of it.
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Pictorial:
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| Soak urad dal and rice together |
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| soak it for 2 to 3 hours |
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| drain and put in a blender |
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| make into a fine puree |
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| it should be smooth |
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| transfer it to a bowl |
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| take all your other ingrediants |
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| cut them into managable sizes |
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| add it to a food processor |
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| and pulse it |
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| add it in |
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| add salt |
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| and mix well |
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| all mixed up |
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| take a plastic sheet and apply oil |
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| take a small portion of this and place it over that |
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| flatten and make a hole in the center |
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| You can use your hand to make this |
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| drop in hot oil |
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| and fry till golden |
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| drain and set aside |
faseela
drooling here....my fav...
Tina
Crispy and delicious vada..
maha
vadas looking so crispy n hot yaar...tastes best vth coco chutney
Mélange
Perfectly made Aarthi..I love them.
Sravs
Vada looks so crispy and inviting ones !!
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Hema
Crispy and soft vadas, very tempting..
ramya anand
OMG!!Looks crispy and tempting
Anu
Tempting vadas.
Only Fish Recipes
wow...drooling here....i love this very much 🙂
Shri
Perfect Arathi; very tempting!
Jay
another delicious recipe...looks very appetizing..;)
Tasty Appetite
DivyaGCP
Vadais looks perfect and delicious. For me getting the shape is the very difficult part.
Sensible Vegetarian
All time favorite, looks awesome.
Deeksha
super yummy vadas. irresistible!
Prabhamani
Me too like this Vadai a lot..You know what i wont get perfect shaped vadais when i grind the batter in mixer..wondering how you got a perfect shape!!
The Pumpkin Farm
u r on rol,l, lovely vadas
Richa
perfect vadas.. been so long since i had a good one!
Preeti Garg
Awesome....
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wow! they have come out perfectly
Indulge
Lovely.. MY son has been asking me to make these with holes in them.. thanks for the share.
Love Ash.
Rujuta
Vadas look great
Gayathri Anand
Perfect made ..Looks so crispy and my fav.
Ruchikoottu
looks nice..liked your step by step instructions too...following you.. 🙂
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Sujitha Rajagopal
I tried this vadai today n it turned up very well.. very crispy n delicious.. tq for the recipe 🙂
ktsue
This looks so delicious Aarthi! I have a question: in the recipe it says to soak the dal for 2-3 hours, but underneath the photo it says to soak for 4 hours. Which is best? I can't wait to try this!
Aarthi
@ktsuefor best result. soak it for 3 hours
ktsue
Great, thank you!
Mona Arumugam
I tried Medu vada today, come up very well & very tasty too...Thank u
Pravina Parikh
Thank you for posting yummy and
Mouth watering recipe
Ghaniemah
Which rice? Idly rice or pachari(white rice)?
Aarthi
@GhaniemahIt is regular cooking rice, white rice
khadhija
Hi art hi vada looks so tempting..but if I grind d batter in blender it won't come gud..but in grinder it comes nice..what's d reason...
Aarthi
@khadhijawhen you grind urad dal in blender, grind till it is fluffy. That gives soft and crispy vada
bhavini heniya
Hi aarthi can u tell me urad dal measurement in cups....I have tried many of ur recipes n they turned out to amazing...n specially ur making understanding in detail every time with writeup n pics....Thanks dear...plz reply me soon as I want to make it today itself
Aarthi
@bhavini heniyaIt is around 2 cups
Sumi
Hi aarthi, should I use raw rice or boiled rice... Paccha arisi or puzhungal arisi
Aarthi
@SumiIt is normal cooking rice, puzhugal arisi
KRITI KOTHARI
I made vada today with coconut chutney. It turned out great. Tomorrow I m gng to try ur strawberry icecream but using pineapple
Anonymous
Do we need to ferment the batter after grinding
Aarthi
@Anonymousno need to ferment
Wajeeha
Hi Arthi,there is no need to use of baking soda or baking powder
Aarthi
@Wajeehano need for those
Sarah Gul
Hi,
I really like your recipes, they are easy and mouthwatering, and also try some of them i.e potato smiley, chicken crocates, badusha, mango cake etc. Now I want to make Idli and Dosa, but I've a problem, here in my city I couldn't find whole white Urad dal, please tell me can I use split urad dal instead of whole dal?
Aarthi
@Sarah Gulyes u can use split urad dal
karunyaraj
Hi aarthi Iam viewing your blog in my iPad, continuously it's getting loaded and is can't able to read ur recipes please do check it.
Devaki
Hi.. It is awesome. I tried it today. Im preparing vada for first time. It has come out really well. My husband liked it 🙂
Fouzul Farwina
can i use urad flour instead of grain? if can how long we have to ferrment it?
Aarthi
@Fouzul Farwinanot sure about using powdered urad dal
Ranjini
Hi dear sis I love ur blog so much today I tried medu vada I was a great hit in breakfast am really happy I feed my family really good thanks for ur wonderful recipes
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi. Can you please tell me, if I can prepare the batter a day earlier and refrigerate it and use it next day morning? Thank you
Unknown
I have the same doubt .please reply.
Aarthi
it is best to make the batter fresh. But if you cannot, just make it and store in a air tight container in fridge
Sophie
Hello,
Thank you soooo much for this recipe, tried Today and adopted ! My dad really loved it, it was really crispy on the outside and soft in the inside ! Some difficulties with the round shape of the vadai.
Thanks, have a Nice day.
samanyaa gawtham
Hi arthi. My vada burst out in oil. My batter was thick. I jus add little rice flour in d batter. It oozes out soon after burst out wen I dropped in oil. M sure my hands r not wet. Wat may be reason.
Aarthi
i think the batter is not that thick. Add some maida and make.
Unknown
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Ramya
Hi,
Made vadais .. used grinder and made a fluffy, thick batter..the vadais were not soft..they were too crispy and they flattened out..what's the reason? Guide me pls
Anonymous
Measurement 1 cup = how many ml. Kindly mention in all your blog in future. It will be very helpful to follow.
Aarthi
My 1 cup measures 240 ml