Last Updated on November 20, 2020
I have been longing to make this vada..This is my favorite from my childhood. This vada reminds me my childhood memories from the deep of my heart.
In our place there is a small tea shop, but it is a quite famous one. Around 4’O clock in the evening peoples (mostly mens) gather infront of this shop and enjoy their cup of tea along with this deep fried delicacy. The supplier wrap this in a old newspaper right from the oil..That newspaper will absorb all the excess oil when they are ready to eat. It is hot, crispy and delicious. The interior of this vada is soft and fluffy..Can you imagine the fried onions and chilles aroma just wafting from this..
I have no experience of eating this infront of that shop..But my uncle will buy this for us quite often, whenever he visits our house..Oneday I was thinking about this and thought why not share the recipe with you..So here you go to the step by step recipe with pictures.
Ulli Vada / Fried Onion Dumplings / Onion Vada / Onion Fritters
Spicy and hot crispy ulli vada or onion vada perfect with a cup of chai or coffee.
Ingredients
- Onion – ½ kg sliced thinly
- Coriander Leaves / Cilantro-½ cup chopped
- Green Chilli-4 chopped
- Ginger Garlic Paste -1 tblspn
- Gram Flour / Besan / Kadalai Mavu-1 cup
- Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu – ½ cup
- Curry leaves – 2 spring
- Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Peru Jeerakam -1 tblspn
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi-1 tsp
- Chilli Powder-2 tsp or to taste
- Baking Soda -1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil for deep frying + 1 tblspn for adding in batter
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl add sliced onions, green chilli, curry leaves, cilantro, salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder, baking soda, fennel seeds and mix well by your hands..
- You should mix this really well so that the water from the onions start to come out. After mixing this leave it aside for 5 mins.
- Add gram flour & rice flour a spoonful at a time and mix well..This vada don’t need any additional water, the moisture in this onions is enough for making the batter.If you need just sprinkle few drops of batter in this..
- Now heat a tablespoon of oil and pour it in the batter and mix well.This batter should be a think one, so that you can form dumplings out of it.
- Heat oil for deep frying..Make small balls out of this mixture and drop in hot oil.Fry this till golden on a medium flame..This will take around 5-10 mins..
- Now drain this in a paper towel.
- Serve hot with chutney or as it is.
Tried this recipe?Mention @yummytummyaarthi or tag #yummytummyaarthi!
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Aruna Manikandan
looks delicious arthi 🙂
Hari Chandana
Perfect teatime snack.. looks absolutely delicious.. nice presentation too.. thanks for sharing 🙂
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shooting star
aah, i simply love onion fritters..though i make it in bengali style ....so will try out ur style also...
your pictorial tutorial is very very helpful!!!!
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Federica
veramente un piatto squisito!baci!
Suja
yummy tea time snack..delicious
faseela
luks delicious
Deeksha
These vadas look superb. So yummy! Thanks for sharing.
Ξανθή
Delicious!! In Greece "Κρεμμυδοκεφτέδες"
Rosita Vargas
Un plato sabroso,luce perfecto,abrazos grandes.
ANU
yum yum...perfect tea time snack...
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Manju
I love Ulli vada...my hus loves it even more....this looks really crispy n yumm!!
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Amina Khaleel
looks delicious... perfect tea time snack...
Kaveri
A wonderful snack..very nicely presented
Hamaree Rasoi
Fritters look simply delicious and crispy.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Manju
This looks great! It is one of my favorites but Ive so far never learnt how to make them right!
Yuvana's Favourites
WOW. my favourite too. when i tried to make this at home it didnt came well. yours looks exactly the same.
Dzoli
Very interesting onion dish:)
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Copio la receta, tienen que estar deliciosos y en mi casa nos gustan mucho los sabores de las recetas exoticas de otros paises.
Un saludo.
Archana
Ho wow. Makes my mouth water.
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Chitra
i too remember the ulli vada we get back home...till date i will ask amma to get me those whenever i go home.... love it...ur looks so yummy
Aparna Mishra
This looks so good!
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hindu
this looks really yummy tummy.....excellent recipe....mouth watering...
preethi
Hi Aarthi,
Mouth watering onion vada 🙂 I am a huge fan of your recipes.. Keep the momentum going!!!
Jamuna Sundar
Hi Aarthi, Onion vada is looking awesome. I was searching for the vada which will be available in tea shop.Finally i found your recipe. Which is looking same like the tea shop vada. I am going to try this. I like the frying pan too. Where did u buy this pan. Thanks. Please let me know.
Aarthi
@Jamuna Sundari got it in a shop called tip top glassware emporium.
Anonymous
I prepared this yesterday for Tamil New Year and it came out very delicious!
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Thank u for ur recipe....