1 cup urad daal, 1 tbsp of rice, 6-7 green chillies, 1 tbsp ginger, a pinch of asafetida, a few curry leaves, 1/2 cup of grated coconut, 2 cups of yogurt, cilantro
1. Soak a cup of full dehusked urad daal along with a spoon of rice for an hour. Then wash and drain it well.
2. Grind the green chillies, ginger, salt, asafetida with the curry leaves. You need to add a little water to grind it. Add the soaked urad dal and grind till it becomes fluffy.
Note: Do not add water after you add the daal, as it will become too watery, the dough has to be soft and well ground , but not watery. It will splutter the oil as you try to deep fry them if it is too watery, and you can burn yourself!
3. Heat oil in the heavy bottom wok, test it with a small ball of dough, it should sizzle and rise up immediately.
4. Dip your hands in water , scoop the dough along the sides of the bowl and make a large hole with your thumb. Slide this gently into the oil as close to the sides as you can. The film of water on your fingers will help it slide effortlessly into the oil.
4. To make it into thayir vadai, arrange three or four sets of vadai in a flat bottom dish. Take yogurt (homemade works best) and pour over it when vadai is cooled off but still slightly warm . This will help it absorb all the water in the yogurt and leave a film of creamy yogurt on top. Blend half a cup of yogurt with fresh coconut , and green chillies to taste. Top each vadai with this chutney. Before serving the vadai you can decorate with fresh cilantro, or grated carrot in small amounts on top of each vadai. Some people also garnish with spluttered mustard seeds.
5. If you wish to do it for a party and wish to go fancy, my mom will add just a small handfull of boondi after making the vadai and use it to add crunch and color on top of the thair vadai.
Note: When the warm vadai is left in the yogurt it will soak up in three hours. Some people dip the vadai in hot water too, but that is optional.
15 comments:
Great summer snack:))
Nice one Kanchana. Is it simillar to dahi vada? Love any recepie with yogurt. Thanks for the recepie.
Samir
Thayir vada is one of my all time fav snack. I can even have this in cold winter. Loved it Kanchana
Is this like Dahi Vada ? But usually dahi Vada does not have coconut.
Have fun being Pampered by Mom
Hey Kanchana.
This looks great.the white contarsts with the green coriander very well.your photograpy talents are really great...
Love this stuff! :)
you have a great blog i discovered it today
i will be going through your whole blog pls keep posting interesting recipes
i liked you dosai post and will be trying dosa your style i dont use chana dal in my batter.
bye
I love thayir vadais Kanchana. I used to add boondhi or sev on top of the curd vadais. they really taste yummm. try it out next time.Hope u had a great time with ur family.
Hi Kanchana, I love to eat thayir vadai just anytime as you said. Your thayir vadai looks so beautiful. nice pics!!
cheers
sharmi
just yum yum... i got readymade gits pack at home. but making it from scratch is more tastier.
kanchana nice presentation
love this snack too!
Anything yogurty is good enough for me...nothing like being pampered by mom...
yrp3 0'clock in the morning? I am going your mama!!
Yummy Dahi Vada... with all the dahi and spices it looks heavenly!!
Grind some cashewnuts also in the paste along with the coconut and green chillies and the paste stays creamy for a long time (Even if refrigerated!).
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