Carrot Vadai|Patttani Paruppu Vadai
Carrot vadai, a cripsy crunchy savory treat made with split yellow peas, called pattani paruppu or vatana. This would make a wonderful appetizer or a simple evening snack with a cup of coffee.
Servings 4
Calories
Equipment
- indian style mixie/blender
Ingredients
- ½ cup pattani paruppu/Split yellow peas/vatana
- ½ cup chopped carrots
- 2 nos green chillies
- ½ teaspoon black peppercorns
- ½ teaspoon corinader seeds
- ½ inch ginger
- ⅛ teaspoon hing/asafoetida
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
- sprig of curry leaf
- oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Wash and soak pattani paruppu in 1 cup of waterfor 3-4 hours. Pattani paruppu needs lot of soaking time. If you are planningto make the vadai around 5 pm, them soak it by 12 noon
- After the said time, drain the excess water, take the paruppu along with chilies, ginger, asafoetida, curry leaves, peppercorns, coriander seeds in a mixie jar and grind to a coarse paste without adding water.
- Do not add any water while grinding, soaked dal has enough moisture to ensure smooth grinding. Remove The ground batter onto a separate bowl.
- Heat oil for deep frying in a deep pan. Check by dropping small pinch of batter into hot oil,if sizzles up, then the oil is ready for frying
- Wet your hands pinch 1-2 tablespoon of vadai batter and pat into small flat patty, and drop gently into the hot oil.
- Add 3-4 vadai at a time. Deep fry on both sides until they turn golden brown. Remove the vadai using slotted spoon and place it in a kitchen towel.
- Serve it warm along with some ketchup andcoffee/tea or with your kiddos favorite evening drink