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    Home » Appetizers/Snack » Deep Fried Snacks » Thavala Vadai & Coconut Chutney – Tea Time Snack

    Thavala Vadai & Coconut Chutney – Tea Time Snack

    Jul 7, 2013 · Modified: Jul 22, 2021 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

    Thavala Vadai, honestly i never knew that there is a Vadai like this!!! Amma used to make Thavala Adai, a crispy, slightly thick adai made by soaking Rice-Dal mixture in Buttermilk. With all that seasonings it would taste divine and we can have it without any condiment!! 🙂 Thanks to blogging, i came to know about this vadai recently. 
    This recipe i made it exclsuively for blogging marathon, but unforturnately couldnt participate this month, due to my personal work, atlast i got some breather from all that dizzy-busy and i m here with this perfect tea-time snack. Easy to make, healthy with all those pulses.

    Inspired from : Raks Kitchen
    Ingredients 

    1 Cup Parboiled Rice
    ½ Cup Tuvar Dal
    ½ Cup Gram Dal/Chana Dal
    ½ Cup Moong Dal
    ½ Cup Urad Dal
    ½ Cup Sago/Javvarisi (Optional)
    Oil for Deep Frying

    Seasonings
    5-6 nos Red Chilies
    1 small onion (Optional)
    2 Sprigs of Curry leaves
    a small piece of ginger
    ½ teaspoon hing
    Salt to taste
    handful of fresh coriander leaves
    Method
    • Soak Rice and Dal together and Sago Separately for an hour. After the given time, Drain them completely. Take the Rice-Dal mixture,along with the seasonings except salt and hing, in a mixer and grind to a coarse paste without adding water. 
    • While Grinding, try not to grind for a long time, just pulse it in a particular speed for a minute, stop and pulse again. Grinding continuously in a particular speed, might give u fine paste instead of coarse mixture.
    • Transfer the ground mixture to a bowl, add the sago, salt, hing, mix well.
    •  Heat oil in a Deep Kadai, When the oil is hot enough, Make Pebble-size balls of the Vadai Mixture and drop them into hot oil. Depending on the size of the kadai,add about 7-8 balls @ a time, do not overcrowd the pan.
    • Deep fry them until golden brown, drain on a paper towel. Serve Hot with Coconut Chuntey

    Coconut Chutney
    ½ Cup Freshly Grated Coconut
    2 green chilies
    a sprig of curry leaf
    ¼ teaspoon shredded ginger
    Salt to taste

    Tempering
    ½ teaspoon oil
    ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds
    ¼ teaspoon urad dal
    a pinch of hing

    Method
    • Take all the given ingredients in a mixer and grind it to a fine paste adding ¼ cup of water. Depending the consistency add some more water if you want. We prefer slightly thick chutney.
    • Heat oil given under “Tempering” in a small sauce pan, Splutter mustard seeds, add urad dal, hing and curry leaves, When the dal turns brown, add it to the chutney.

    Notes

    • In-case, if the batter is too loose to hold shape, add a handful of Rice Flour to the batter and mix well and refrigerate it for 15 minutes. 
    • Adding Onion and Sago are purely optional. When added, Onion gives a nice taste and sago gives a good texture.
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    Comments

    1. Rafeeda AR

      July 07, 2013 at 6:02 am

      love the way those wadas look… feel like dipping them into the chutney and having it right away…

      Reply
    2. kitchen queen

      July 07, 2013 at 6:15 am

      delicious and crispy thavala vadai.

      Reply
    3. Jaleela Kamal

      July 07, 2013 at 1:26 pm

      Wow perfect tea time snack good combination with coconut chutney.

      Reply
    4. Unknown

      July 07, 2013 at 5:03 pm

      yummy snack served with perfect chutney

      Reply
    5. Lifewithspices

      July 07, 2013 at 5:51 pm

      Perfect munches for evening..n andha thengai chutney yumm..

      Reply
    6. Chitz

      July 07, 2013 at 9:09 pm

      Cool clicks.. A perfect snack with the coconut chutney 🙂

      Reply
    7. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

      July 07, 2013 at 10:57 pm

      Perfectly looking vadais! I am also making this for BM next week. like you mentioned, I have eaten the thavala adai, but never made this. Your looks very tempting 🙂

      Reply
    8. Pavani

      July 08, 2013 at 1:07 am

      The whole presentation looks so inviting. Vadai & coconut chutney is definitely a yummy combo.

      Reply
    9. Unknown

      July 08, 2013 at 6:49 am

      vada looks yummy and nice presentation

      Reply
    10. Priya Suresh

      July 08, 2013 at 1:19 pm

      Prefect pair, cant imagine vadai without chutney.

      Reply
    11. Nava K

      July 08, 2013 at 2:55 pm

      Its simply stunning and when eaten with the chutney,beautiful explosion of flavors.

      Reply
    12. AparnaRajeshkumar

      July 08, 2013 at 3:10 pm

      vadai looks tempting we call it s kunuku !

      Reply
    13. Shanthi

      July 09, 2013 at 4:46 am

      Wow … Its perfect & awesome:)

      Reply

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