Paruppu Vadai | Mixed Dals Vada

A crunchy and flavorful vadai made using mixed dals !

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Paruppu Vadai, a traditional neivedhyam (Offering to God)  recipe that we usually prepare for any auspicious occasions or festivals. We add three types of dals –  Channadal, Urad dal and Toor dal to make this recipe, hence it’s also called as Mixed Dal Vada or Mupparuppu Vadai. If we prepare Paruppu Vadai for the offering to God, then we don’t add Ginger, Garlic or any Masala items.

Masal Vada  is another type of Paruppu Vada, where we usually add onion, garlic and other masala items.  Masal Vada  is a very popular street side snack in Tamil Nadu and commonly available in every tea shops. In this recipe of Paruppu Vada we don’t add any masala items/onion but still it’s very crunchy and tasty.

Video Recipe for Paruppu Vadai

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How to make easy Paruppu Vadai ?

(for the detailed step by step recipe instruction along with pictures, please scroll down further to Steps section below.)

1. Soak all the Dals along with Rice for 3 hours.  After 3 hours, filter the water and keep the dal mixture aside for about one hour to drain the moisture.
2. After an hour, Grind half quantity of dal with green chili, ginger, salt and hing without adding water till the ginger, green chilies are ground smoothly. Take this aside.
3. Add remaining dals and give few pulses.  We don’t want the dals to get grind smoothly. Add curry leaves and coriander leaves and mix well
4. Heat oil in a pan. Make small patties of vadai and drop it in oil and deep fry it. Once the vadai becomes brownish color, take them out and serve hot.

Notes :

1. For Neyvedhyam (God offering), we don’t add the Onion / Garlic / Masala. If you are making this for evening snack, then you can add these to make more flavorful and tasteful.
2. Grind the Dals little coarsely to get more crunchy vadas