மெது வடை மாவு (Vada Batter)

Vada batter is an important step to prepare soft and crispy vadai. Uluntha vadai is made from urad dal, very famous in southern part of India. For a crispy and soft vadai, the consistency of batter is important. Here I am giving a detailed step by step instruction for making batter easily. Once batter is ready, anyone can make restaurant quality soft and crispy medhu vadai and here is the recipe for you.

Ingredients for Vada Batter

Urad dal – 1 cup
Salt

Makes 20 big vada or 30 small vada

Directions

Soak urad dal for 2hrs.
Wash the dal and drain excess water and put it in the grinder.
Add enough salt in the beginning of grinding, so that we can add right amount of water.
Sprinkle water for every 5 to 10 minutes.
Grind dal for 45 – 50 minutes.
Mix all the other ingredients to the batter and mix it well. Batter is now ready.

Notes

If your kids don’t like chilli and onion in the vada, just grind it with the dal.
Alternately, you can use whole black pepper also.
For best results grind the dal just before frying.

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