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    Onion Vadagam Recipe | Onion Vadam Recipe | Thalippu Vadam Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 6, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Vadam is a mixture of onions, urad dal, chillies, and variety of spices. This is dried under sun and used as tempering in chutney or any kulambu. Onion vadagam or thalippu vadam is a must have ingredient in south indian cooking.

    Onion Vadagam Recipe | Thalippu Vadam Recipe

    Vadagam is a must have ingredient in your kitchen cupboard. What you do is, just break small piece of it and fry in hot oil till golden. Pour this over chutney or any kuzhambu for added flavour.

    Instead of making seasoning with mustard, curry leaves and other stuffs for chutney, you can use this. Now it is summer here, so we are making variety of vadam.

    Check out my leftover rice vadam

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    • How to Make Onion Vadam
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    • Onion Vadagam Recipe | Onion Vadam Recipe | Thalippu Vadam Recipe
    • Onion Vadam with Step by Step pictures

    How to Make Onion Vadam

    • Soak urad dal for 30 mins. Drain and take it in a blender and crush roughly.
    • Take shallots, garlic, curry leaves, dry red chillies in a food processor or chopper and chop roughly.
    • Take it in a bowl, add all ingredients and mix well.
    • Make small balls and arrange it in a plate. Dry under sun for 3 to 5 days untill it is dry completely.
    • Store it in a air tight container. 
    • You can take small piece, fry it in oil till golden. Pour it over chutney or any curries for added flavour.

    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

    If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can.

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    Onion Vadagam Recipe | Onion Vadam Recipe | Thalippu Vadam Recipe

    Vadam is a mixture of onions, urad dal, chillies, and variety of spices. This is dried under sun and used as tempering in chutney or any kulambu. Onion vadagam or thalippu vadam is a must have ingredient in south indian cooking.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Drying Time: 7 days days
    Total Time: 7 days days 40 minutes minutes
    Servings: 3 cups

    Ingredients

    • Shallots / Sambar Onion / Chinna Ulli - 250 grams peeled
    • Garlic - 10 cloves
    • Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - ½ cup
    • Curry leaves - 2 handfuls
    • Dry Red Chillies - 10 to 12
    • Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tblspn
    • Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam / Methi - 1 tsp
    • Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 2 tsp
    • Mustard Oil - 1 tblspn
    • Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - a pinch
    • Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
    • Salt to taste

    Instructions

    • Soak urad dal for 30 mins. Drain and take it in a blender and crush roughly.
    • Take shallots, garlic, curry leaves, dry red chillies in a food processor or chopper and chop roughly.
    • Take it in a bowl, add all ingredients and mix well.
    • Make small balls and arrange it in a plate. Dry under sun for 3 to 5 days untill it is dry completely.
    • Store it in a air tight container.
    • You can take small piece, fry it in oil till golden. Pour it over chutney or any curries for added flavour.
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    Onion Vadam with Step by Step pictures

     
    Take all your ingredients

     

    Take shallots, garlic in a blender or chopper

     

     curry leaves

     

    add dry red chillies

     

    chop it and take it in a bowl

     

    take soaked urad dal in a blender

     

    pulse few times so it is crushed

     

    take it in a bowl

     

    add mustard, fenugreek, cumin seeds

     

     asafoetida

     

    add mustard oil

     

     salt

     

    mix well

     

    add turmeric powder

     

    mix well

     

    make small balls. dry under sun for 3 to 5 days

     

    Store it in container

     


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    1. Anonymous

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      Can we use gingelly oil instead of mustard oil

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    2. RANJINI PRASAD

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      Woww Supr Aarathi actually I was expecting this from u also some papad and sandige recipe

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    3. RANJINI PRASAD

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      Also some different kinds of vadagam plz plz plz

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    4. anne

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      Can i prepare it without using urad dal. coz im frm kerala. n v dnt use uad dal for seasoning. dats y

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    5. Reshma

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      Mam v can use normal oil instead of mus
      tard oil.

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      • Aarthi

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        yes u can

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    6. A. Gopalakrishnan

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      Never suggest to use castor oil either for onion vadam or Thalippu vadam. Because castor oil un not edible which contains heavt cholesterol and will ve ahealth hazard and pave way for geart diseases and blocks.
      ladies innocently illustrate the use of castor oil and advice to use it. But it is highly dangerous. If it is brought to the notice of gealth department, such manufacturers will be fined inaddition to imprisonment.

      Reply
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