Vada Curry and Set Dosa, a quite famous combo in food. And it is often had as a breakfast meal, not ordinary breakfast but a special breakfast. Frankly speaking i had never tasted this. But i have seen it. Till couple weeks back, i have never thought of making it at home and posting it here. There is a little inspiration behind this, every friday hubby and me visit a temple in a place near our town called suchidram.
Couple weeks back, hubby took me to a veg hotel named maruti near that temple, it is not that big, but it is a family hotel. But i should tell you the food tasted so yummy. First time i ordered chole bature and it was mind blowing. Hubby ordered veg kothu parota, i tasted that too, it was yum. But their speciality is rasam vadai, i literally melted there when i tasted it, it was delicious... Then i saw a person near me ordering set dosa and vada curry. they brought it and it looked totally divine. At that moment i decided to try that combo and post it here. Couple days later i made it for breakfast along with set dosa. Hubby tasted it and told me no hotel food can stand near this and it is simply superb and he ate so many set of dosa..
This vada curry turned out really good. This can be paired with idlies or dosa. I will soon share the set dosa recipe, so keep looking for it.
Preparation Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 40 to 45 mins
Soaking Time : ovenight
Serves : 5 to 6
Ingredients:
Oil - 2 tblspn
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Coriander Leaves - 2 tblspn finely chopped
For Vadai:
Chana Dal / Kadalai paruppu / Split Yellow Chickpeas - 1 cup
Dry Red Chillies - 3 to 4
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - a small handful
Coriander leaves - a small handful
Salt to taste
Oil for Deep frying
For sauteing and grinding:
Oil - 1 tblspn
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tblspn
Cinnamon Stick / Pattai - 1 small stick
Kal Paasi / Black Stone Flower - 2 piece
Onion - 2 large chopped roughly
Curry Leaves - a sprig
Tomatoes - 2 large chopped roughly
Green Chilli - 1 pricked a little with a knife
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Coriander Powder / Malli Podi- 2 tblspn
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 1 tblspn
Water - ¼ cup
For Coconut paste:
Fresh Coconut - ½ cup grated
Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 1 tsp
Method:
Soak channa dal 4 to 5 hours or overnight. Drain it add it to blender, now add the other ingredients and grind it to a little coarse mix, dont add water. Now remove it to a bowl add some salt and mix well. heat oil for deep frying, drop small dollops of this mix and fry till golden. Remove it to paper towel, and transfer it to a bowl, pour warm water over it and let it sit for 5 mins. Now drain them and set aside.
Grind coconut and fennel to a smooth paste. Set aside.
Heat oil in a kadai. Add in fennel, cinnamon and kal paasi. Saute it for 30 sec.Add in onions, curry leaves and chillies. Saute it for couple of mins.Add in ginger garlic paste and saute it for a min.Add in all spice powder and mix well.Add in tomatoes and mix well. Pour some water and cook it for 5 mins or so till it is completely cooked. Take this in a blender(i removed the chilli before blending) and puree it.
Now heat 2 tblspn of oil in a kadai, add in cumin seeds and let it sizzle. i added the reserved chilli too.Add in the ground masala and cook it for 10 mins or till oil separates.Add in 2 cups of water, coconut paste and mix well.Once it reaches a boil add in drained vada and mix well.Let this simmer for 5 mins
Add in chopped coriander leaves and mix well. Serve with idli, dosa or set dosa.
Pictorial:
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| Take a cup of channa dal |
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| Soak it in water |
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| I soaked it overnight |
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| Now drain it and add it to blender |
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| Add some dried chillies |
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| Some fennel seeds |
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| lots of curry leaves |
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| and a big handul of coriander leaves |
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| Puree it coarsely, dont add any water |
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| take it in a bowl |
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| season with some salt |
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| mix well |
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| Take small portions and fry them in hot oil |
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| fry till it gets golden..Flip it often |
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| Once it turns golden |
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| drain it |
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| Pour some warm water over this |
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| Leave it for 5 mins and drain it |
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| Prepare your other ingredients |
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| I ground some coconut with fennel seeds to a smooth paste |
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| Heat oil in a kadai. Add in whole spices |
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| saute it for 30 sec |
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| Add in onions and green chilli |
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| Saute it for a min |
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| Add in ginger garlic paste |
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| Coriander, chilli, turmeric and garam masala powder goes in |
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| now tomatoes |
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| pour some water and cook it for few mins |
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| Now it is all cooked |
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| take it in a blender |
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| puree it |
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| Heat oil in a kadai |
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| Add in some cumin seeds |
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| Actually i remove the green chilli when i took the masala in the blender, i wanted it to be whole for presentation purpose. |
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| Add the ground masala |
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| Cook till oil separates |
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| Add the coconut paste |
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| mix it well |
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| Add some water, Actually you have to add a little more water, because once the vada is added it soaks up all the water |
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| add soaked vada in this, the vada will absorb whole lots of water |
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| mix well |
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| add in lots of chopped coriander leaves |
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| mix well |
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| serve |
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| NEXT RECIPE IS GOING TO BE SET DOSA.. |
harshi87
Hi aarthi,
Your recipes are yummy and mouth watering.Tried the mix veg biriyani..it came out well and everyone like it..thank you :-)..could you please tell me how to make Malai kofta in white kurma? Thank you!
Anonymous
Mouth watering recipe but big Process 🙁
Belfin
Wow... I was waiting for this recipe... 🙂 Now... cant wait to make this...
Shaizad Ali
Luks yumy will try
Shaizad Ali
Luks yumy will try
Anonymous
Looks very yummy iwilltry
Oobe
Looks absolutely delish. Love your step by step presentation for someone like me
Anonymous
Awesome. .
Anonymous
yummy ...
Dr Sunitha
excellent arthi till now i was not clear about vadacurry receipe urs seems to be yummy which fillstummy
Anonymous
Wat a picture clear explanation...really so..... Gud..ll try it soon😊
Anonymous
Hi Arthi,
I did vada curry today... It came out very good and really yummy... This one was in my todo list long time...My husband liked it alot though he haven't tasted it before.... Much better Dan in hotel... Awesome blog with clear explanations... Keep going ... All d best
Suganthi
Hi Arthi. This is my first time here. I had leftover Vasas and was looking for a recipe.
I stumbled on your website. Tried this recipe it was a biiig hit. Tasted like restaurant style.
Thank you! Following your website now and going to subscribe for new recipes.
Thanks!!!
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi.
I followed your recipe and thanks to you everyone loved it.
Vidhya Ramakrishnan
Hi Aarti, can we steam the vadas instead of frying in oil. Will it make a difference in taste?
Aarthi
yes u can