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VADA CURRY

Serves :
4

Preparation Time :
1 hour 15 minutes

Cooking Time :
35 minutes

Preparation Method :

  • Soak the bengal gram dal for an hour. Drain all the water and grind it to a coarse paste along with dry red chillies, ginger and garlic.
  • Mix finely chopped onion, curry leaves, asafoetida, fennel seeds and salt to the ground dal paste.
  • Make small balls of this dal paste (blueberry sized) and cook it using any of the following methods:-
  • (a) Steam it using a idli stand or a vegetable steamer for 8-10 minutes.
  • (b) Shallow fry/ pan fry in a frying pan with little oil till it turns golden brown.
  • (c) Place the small balls in a microwave safe plate and microwave for 2-3 minutes.
  • Keep these vada pieces ready while you prepare the gravy.
  • (You can also prepare the gravy using left over masala vada. Scramble the vadas into tiny pieces and proceed.)
  • For the curry, heat oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds,cinnamon,cloves and curry leaves.
  • Add the finely chopped onions and green chillies. Fry them till it turns golden brown.
  • Add the ginger - garlic paste and fry for a minute. Next add the chopped tomatoes and cook till the tomatoes are totally mashed up.
  • Add salt, turmeric powder, red chilly powder and coriander powder. Cover and cook till the oil separates from the masala.
  • Add about 2-3 cups of water and bring it to boil.
  • Add the tiny vada pieces to the curry. Simmer for about 5 minutes so that the gravy will be absorbed by the vada pieces.
  • Check for salt and the gravy consistency and adjust if needed. The curry will continue to thicken as it rests.
  • Finally add chopped cilantro and serve hot.

INGREDIENTS

  • 200 grams Channa Dal (Bengal Gram Dal/ Kadalai Paruppu)
  • 3 Dry Red Chillies
  • ½ " piece Ginger
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • ¼ Onion ,finely chopped
  • 5 Curry Leaves
  • A pinch of Asafoetida
  • ¼ teaspoon Fennel Seeds
  • ½ teaspoon Salt

For Curry

  • ½ teaspoon Mustard Seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon Fennel Seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3 cloves
  • 1 sprig Curry Leaves
  • 1 Onion, chopped
  • 2 Green Chillies
  • 1 teaspoon Ginger - Garlic Paste
  • 2 Tomatoes, chopped
  • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  • 1 teaspoon red Chilly Powder
  • 2 teaspoon Coriander Powder 
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tablespoon Cooking oil
  • 100 grams Cilantro, finely chopped

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