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Ulli Vadai | Onion Vada | Onion Dumplings | Onion Fritters

Posted on Feb 14th, 2016
by Sowmya Venkatachalam
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4.67 from 3 votes
Ulli Vada, a very popular street snack in many places of TamilNadu, especially in Nagercoil. The aroma of the fried onion with fresh masala is very appetizing and its a great accompaniment for the evening coffee/tea.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
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Ulli Vadai (Onion Vada | Onion Dumplings) is a popular snacks being sold in the tea shops in Nagercoil (and in Kerala too).  The aroma of the fried onion with fresh masala is very appetizing and its a great accompaniment for the evening coffee/tea. For some of the deep fried snacks, we need more unique ingredients or sometimes need soaking or sometimes tiring process. Those snacks, even though they are so tasty and worth the time, we think twice to make it again. But this Ulli Vada is very simple. Most of us has onions, gram flour handy in our pantry and this vada can be made very quickly and easily.

You may also want to try other Nanjil Nadu special Recipes

  1. Malabar Erissery 
  2. Thengai Aracha Kuzhambu
  3. Puliseri

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Ulli Vadai | Onion Vada | Onion Dumplings | Onion Fritters
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Ulli Vadai | Onion Vada | Onion Dumplings | Onion Fritters

Course: Appetizer, Snacks
Cuisine: Indian, Nanjil Nadu, South Indian, Tamil Nadu
Equipments Needed
  • Heavy Bottomed Pan
  • Mixing Bowl
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 12 Vada
Calories: 90kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam
Ulli Vada, a very popular street snack in many places of TamilNadu, especially in Nagercoil. The aroma of the fried onion with fresh masala is very appetizing and its a great accompaniment for the evening coffee/tea.
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Ingredients

  • 3 Big Size Onion
  • 3 Green Chili
  • 1 Cup Gram Flour (Besan / Chickpea Flour) 1 Cup - 250ml
  • ½ Cup Rice Flour
  • 1 tsp Fennel Seeds
  • 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
  • 1 tsp Salt Adjust As Needed
  • ½ tsp Baking Soda
  • ½ Cup Coriander Leaves
  • Few Curry leaves
  • 3 Cups Oil For Deep Frying

Instructions 

Preparing Vada Batter

  • Finely chop the onions vertically and add 1/2 teaspoon of salt and keep it aside for 5 minutes. The adding of salt brings out the moisture from onions which is used to mix the flours
  • Finely chop the green chillies and add it to the chopped onions
  • Add besan flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, salt, turmeric powder, fennel seeds, coriander leaves , baking soda and curry leaves to the onion and mix well and knead it nicely only using moisture from onions. We don't need to add water for binding the dough. The moisture content in onions is enough to get a thicker dough. If only required you can sprinkle water to bind the flourand onion

Deep Frying Process

  • Heat oil in a pan. Test the hotness of oil by adding a pinch of dough. If it sizzles up immediately, then the oil is in the right hotness
  • Take small amount of dough and make it a ball and drop it gently in the oil. 
  • Keep the flame in medium and fry the vadas evenly in all sides
  • Remove the fried ulli vadas from oil and place it in a plate having paper towel to drain the excess oil

Serving Time!

  • The yummy, spicy and crispy Ulli Vada (Onion Vada) is ready to Serve with Hot Tea / Coffee. We can make Coconut chutney or Coriander-Curry leaves chutney and serve with Ulli vadas

Video

Notes

  1. Use the moisture from onion to bind the flours and onion. If we add water, we might get hard vada.

Nutritional Info

Nutrition Facts
Ulli Vadai | Onion Vada | Onion Dumplings | Onion Fritters
Amount Per Serving (1 Dumpling)
Calories 90 Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Carbohydrates 9g3%
Protein 3g6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Instructions with Step by Step Pictures:

  • Finely chop the onions vertically and add 1/2 teaspoon of salt and keep it aside for 5 minutes. The adding of salt brings out the moisture from onions which is used to mix the flours
  • Finely chop the green chillies and add it to the chopped onions
  • Add besan flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, salt, turmeric powder, fennel seeds, coriander leaves , baking soda and curry leaves to the onion and mix well and knead it nicely only using moisture from onions. We don’t need to add water for binding the dough. The moisture content in onions is enough to get a thicker dough. If only required you can sprinkle water to bind the flourand onion
  • Heat oil in a pan. Test the hotness of oil by adding a pinch of dough. If it sizzles up immediately, then the oil is in the right hotness. Take small amount of dough and make it a ball and drop it gently in the oil.
  • Keep the flame in medium and fry the vadas evenly in all sides
  • Remove the fried ulli vadas from oil and place it in a plate having paper towel to drain the excess oil
  • The yummy, spicy and crispy Ulli Vada (Onion Vada) is ready to Serve with Hot Tea / Coffee. We can make Coconut chutney or Coriander-Curry leaves chutney and serve with Ulli vadas
Ulli Vadai | Onion Vada | Onion Dumplings | Onion Fritters
Ulli Vadai | Onion Vada | Onion Dumplings | Onion Fritters
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Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj says:
August 9, 2013 at 1:39 pm

Very yumm and delicious dear…

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shimshamkitchen says:
October 30, 2013 at 3:29 am

Thanks for the recipe! I've been very interested in Vada for some time now, and find (even though I can't understand the language) some really fun cooking videos online too. Thank you!

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subbuskitchen says:
October 30, 2013 at 7:36 pm

Hi Shimshamkitchen, thanks for your lovely comments

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RAMESH GOPALAKRISHNAN says:
April 24, 2020 at 3:39 am

GREAT WORK KEEP IT UP

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
April 24, 2020 at 8:36 am

Thank You Sir

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Choodamani says:
April 25, 2020 at 4:58 pm

5 stars
Subbuskitchen always brings nice mouth watering recipes. Thank you 🙏

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
April 26, 2020 at 12:52 am

So Glad. Thank you so much

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