Vada Curry Recipe

Ingredients for Vada Curry Recipe

• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
• Coriander Leaves - 2 tbsp 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 tbsp
• Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tbsp
• 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 tbsp
• Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
• Coriander Powder / Malli Podi- 2 tbsp
• Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
• Garam Masala Powder - 1 tbsp
• Water - ¼ cup

Coconut paste:

• Fresh Coconut - ½ cup grated
• Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 1 tsp

How to make Vada Curry Recipe

1. 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.
2. Grind coconut and fennel to a smooth paste. Set aside.
3. 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.
4. 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
5. Add in chopped coriander leaves and mix well. Serve with idli, dosa or set dosa.

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Vada Curry | Vada Curry Recipe

Vada Curry Recipe with step by step picture. This is made with Channa dal and Whole Spieces

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 45 mins

Soaing time 12 hrs

Total Time 12 hrs 55 mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian, South Indian

Servings 6 servings

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 2 tbsp Oil
• ▢ 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
• ▢ 2 tbsp Coriander Leaves finely chopped
• ▢ For Vadai:
• ▢ 1 cup Chana Dal / Kadalai paruppu / Split Yellow Chickpeas
• ▢ 4 Dry Red Chillies
• ▢ 1 tsp Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf
• ▢ Curry leaves - a small handful
• ▢ Coriander leaves - a small handful
• ▢ Salt to taste
• ▢ Oil for Deep frying
• ▢ For sauteing and grinding:
• ▢ 1 tbsp Oil
• ▢ 1 tbsp Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf
• ▢ 1 small stick Cinnamon Stick / Pattai
• ▢ 2 piece Kal Paasi / Black Stone Flower
• ▢ 2 large chopped roughly Onion
• ▢ a sprig Curry Leaves
• ▢ 2 large chopped roughly Tomatoes x
• ▢ 1 pricked a little with a knife Green Chilli
• ▢ 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
• ▢ 2 tsp Chilli Powder
• ▢ 2 tbsp Coriander Powder / Malli Podi
• ▢ 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
• ▢ 1 tbsp Garam Masala Powder
• ▢ ¼ cup Water
• ▢ For Coconut paste:
• ▢ ½ cup grated Fresh Coconut
• ▢ 1 tsp Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu

Instructions

 

• ▢
  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.

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