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    Home » Appetizers/Snack » Deep Fried Snacks » Ulundu Vada/Uzundu Vadai/Urad Dal Vada

    Ulundu Vada/Uzundu Vadai/Urad Dal Vada

    Sep 21, 2010 · Modified: Jul 22, 2021 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

    Tamil Month purattasi/புரட்டாசி is associated with Lord Venkateshwara. Normally in my mom’s place we used to do ‘Maavilaku’ on first saturday of purattasi month. But my MIL’s place they don’t follow any such tradition.
    So for my satisfaction and my love for the God, i do a small pooja and make neivedhiyam/offering for the Lord. It is actually very hard to find a saturday for the pooja, because this month you have so many traditional rituals coming together like malaya paksham/pitru paksham, when certain ceremonies are held for our forefathers, Navrathri begins, Brahmostavam begins at Tirupathi. We cannot perform pooja during pithru paksham or during navrathri, or during brahmotsavam at tirupathi. Oh yes, he tests our patience and our resolve towards him to the last bits.  So, it is always better to do the pooja fduring the first saturday of the month.
    Urad dal vada is one of the offering along with the Sarkarai Pongal/Sarkarai pongal during this pooja.  

    Ingredients (Makes 11-12 vadas)

    ¼ cup Urad Dal
    1 green chilli
    1 teaspoon black peppercorns
    ½ teaspoon grated ginger
    a sprig of curry leaf
    2 teaspoon of fresh coriander leaves, chopped
    Salt to taste
    Oil for frying
    Method
    • Soak urad dal for 15 minutes. Drain the excess water, add green chili, peppercorns, ginger, curry leaves to the dal and grind it to a smooth batter, without adding water. Excess water makes batter loose, so don’t add water, if necessary add only 1 or 2 tbsp. 
    • Let the batter sit for 10 minutes. Heat oil in a pan, wet your hands, take a small ball of the batter, place it on the other palm and flat it using your fingers and make a small hole in the center and slide it down in the oil. 
    • Keep the Flame in Medium and Fry both sides. Drain on a Paper towel. Serve hot. First person to taste this even before the Neivedhiyam was my son, since it was his favorite “DoughNut Vada”.

    Sending this to MLLA-27 @ Susan’s and Srivalli’s Kids Delight – Finger Food 

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    1. Satya

      September 21, 2010 at 12:53 pm

      wow what a crispy n tempting vadas …love to have them anytime ..yummy

      Satya
      http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

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    2. chef and her kitchen

      September 21, 2010 at 1:58 pm

      Yummy vada's..love to eat them anytime…our favorite one..

      Reply
    3. Padhu Sankar

      September 21, 2010 at 2:46 pm

      Vada looks so tempting!!

      Reply
    4. Shabitha Karthikeyan

      September 21, 2010 at 5:05 pm

      All time favorite. Love the krispy vadai !!

      Reply
    5. kitchen queen

      September 21, 2010 at 6:15 pm

      perfect crispy and tempting vadais, love to grab them quickly and have a bite.

      Reply
    6. Priya Suresh

      September 21, 2010 at 6:44 pm

      Yummmm! rendu vadaiya intha pakkama anupi vidunga..paathathume pasikuthu Priya..

      Reply
    7. Sanctified Spaces

      September 22, 2010 at 6:41 am

      I am really scared to fry anything in oil.Any tips for me.

      Reply
    8. Raks

      September 22, 2010 at 7:11 am

      Yummy soft and crispy vada!

      Reply
    9. Sanyukta Gour(Bayes)

      September 22, 2010 at 8:17 am

      love it….lookyum,flavorful and deli….cious…..simply wonderful

      Reply
    10. Torviewtoronto

      September 22, 2010 at 3:23 pm

      delicious snack

      Reply
    11. Susan

      September 25, 2010 at 12:45 pm

      Ah, so *that's* how vada are made by hand! Great photo how-to's. There is hope for me yet. : )

      Thanks, Priya, for the delicious MLLA recipe, too. My pre-breakfast belly is really growling now!

      Reply
    12. Srivalli

      November 17, 2010 at 5:00 pm

      Vadas are always favorite..thanks priya..

      Reply

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