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Vadacurry Recipe | Vadakari Recipe | Vada Curry Recipe

Posted on Dec 30th, 2015
by Sowmya Venkatachalam
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Vadakari Recipe | Vada Curry Recipe
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Vadakari is one of the most popular gravy served with Idli in many parts of TamilNadu. Crispy vada are cooked in spicy onion-tomato gravy. A very tasty accompaniment!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Soaking Dal 1 hour
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Vadakari (Vada Curry) is one of the popular side dish in Tamilnadu. Vadikari is the best combination for Idly, dosa, Kal dosa and even for Pongal. In some specific district of TamilNadu, we can find Pongal with Vadakari as one of the breakfast menu in hotels. The aroma of masala with crispness of vada makes this dish extraordinarily tasty. I usually like Idli with Vadakari combination. This goes well even with Chapati. So why not prepare this all-rounder accompaniment!

Tips for making Perfect Vada Curry Recipe:

  1. We should not grind the channa dal smoothly. The Vada batter should be coarse. So we can take 2 teaspoon of channa dal separately and grind the rest to a coarse paste
  2. We can add little mint leaves after the tomatoes are cooked which will give a nice aroma to the vadakari
  3. Green chillies is optional but it brings a unique flavour to vadakari in addition to red chilli powder. But if you dont prefer green chillies, we can just add red chillies or red chilli powder
  4. We don’t need to make patties with the vada batter. We can just take small quantities and then drop in oil and fry it as anyway we are going to break the vada into pieces
  5. If you are diet specific, we can avoid frying vadas in oil. Instead we can make thin patties and shallow cook in a tawa by adding little oil
  6. The masala ingredients for grinding mentioned above gives a good aroma. But if you dont want too much masala, we can reduce the quantity of fennel seeds and ginger-garlic paste
  7. If, after cooking, you feel the gravy is too thick, you can boil some water and add it to the gravy and heat the gravy again. Do Not add cold water to the gravy to make it dilute as it spoils the taste
  8. If you are health specific and do not want to add coconut milk, then we can add 1/2 cup of coconut milk and remaining 1/2 cup normal milk. But coconut milk gives a good flavour to the vadakari
  9. If you feel squeezing coconut milk is hectic, we can also grind 1/2 cup of grated coconut with the grinding masala ingredients

You can also try:

  1. Kumbakonam Kadappa
  2. Poondu Kariveppilai Kuzhambu (Garlic Curry Leaves Kuzhambu)
  3. Kerala Potato Stew
  4. Kadala Curry

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Vadakari Recipe | Vada Curry Recipe
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Vadacurry Recipe | Vadakari Recipe | Vada Curry Recipe

Course: Accompaniment, Side Dish, Veg Gravies
Cuisine: Indian, South Indian, Tamil Nadu
Equipments Needed
  • Mixer Grinder
  • Heavy Bottomed Pan
  • Sauce Pan
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Soaking Dal: 1 hour
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 109kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam
Vadakari is one of the most popular gravy served with Idli in many parts of TamilNadu. Crispy vada are cooked in spicy onion-tomato gravy. A very tasty accompaniment!
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Ingredients

Ingredients for Vada

  • 1 Cup Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu) 1 Cup - 250ml
  • 1 tsp Salt Adjust As Needed
  • 2 Cups Oil For Deep Frying

Grinding Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 2 tsp Fennel Seeds
  • ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 2 Green Chili
  • ½ tsp Red Chili Powder
  • 1 inch Cinnamon Stick
  • 2 Cardamom
  • 3 Cloves

For Onion-Tomato Masala

  • 2 Onion Finely Chopped
  • 2 Tomato Finely Chopped
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 1 tsp Salt Adjust As Needed
  • 1 Cup Coconut Milk
  • 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves For Garnishing

Instructions 

Making Vada Batter

  • Soak the Chana dal in water for 1 hour. 
  • After 1 hour, drain the water from channa dal and take 1 handfull of soaked dal, keep it aside and grind the remaining channa dal in mixer to a coarse paste without adding water. Take the coarse vada paste and add the channa dal that is kept aside and mix well. Keep this ground paste aside

Prepare Masala for Vada batter

  • Lets prepare the masala now. Take the grinding ingredients for masala in a mixer
  • Grind the ingredients to a nice paste by adding a little water
  • Take 2 teaspoon of the ground masala and add it to the ground vada mixture
  • Mix the vada mixture with salt and masala. Here we are adding masala to give the vada a nice flavor

Deep Frying Vada

  • Heat oil in pan, when the oil is hot, put a pinch of vadai mixture and it it raises immediately, then the oil is hot enough. Gently drop small balls of vada flour like we do for pakoda.
  • Fry the vadas in oil on both the sides and then when the bubbles ceases, gently take the vadas and keep it in a bowl with a tissue paper to drain the excess oil
  • After the vada cool off, broke it in halves and keep it ready 

Making Onion-Tomato Mixture

  • Heat some oil in a pan, and add broken bay leaves
  • Add the finely chopped onions and add a pinch of salt. Fry the onions till it turns transparent.
  • When the onions becomes transparent, add the finely chopped tomatoes. Now add the required salt for the vadakari so that the tomatoes fry completely and becomes puree
  • Now add the ground masala, one half of the coconut milk and 1 cup of water and mix well

Add Vada to Masala

  • When the mixture starts to boil, add the broken vada pieces and mix well
  • Allow the mixture to boil and then add the remaining coconut milk and mix well
  • When the vadakari starts t boil, garnish with coriander leaves and remove from flame

Serving Time

  • The yummy vadakari is ready to serve with Idli/Dosa/Pongal

Nutritional Info

Nutrition Facts
Vadacurry Recipe | Vadakari Recipe | Vada Curry Recipe
Amount Per Serving (0.5 Cup)
Calories 109 Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Fat 3g5%
Carbohydrates 21g7%
Protein 3g6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Instructions with Step by Step Pictures:
  • Soak the Chana dal in water for 1 hour.
  • After 1 hour, drain the water from channa dal and take 1 handfull of soaked dal, keep it aside and grind the remaining channa dal in mixer to a coarse paste without adding water. Take he coarsed paste and add the channa dal that is kept aside and mix well. Keep this ground paste aside
  • Lets prepare the masala now. Take the grinding ingredients for masala in a mixer
  • Grind the ingredients to a nice paste by adding a little water
  • Take 2 teaspoon of the ground masala and add it to the ground vada flour
  • Mix the vada flour with salt and masala. Here we are adding masala to give the vada a nice flavour
  • Heat oil in pan, when the oil is hot, put a pinch of vadai flour and it it raises immediately, then the oil is hot enough. gently drop small balls of vada flour like we do for pakoda.
  • Fry the vadas in oil on both the sides and then when the bubbles ceases, gently take the vadas and keep it in a bowl with a tissue paper to drain the excess oil
  • After the vada cool off, broke it in halves and keep it ready

Heat some oil in a pan, and add broken bay leaves

  • Add the finely chopped onions and add a pinch of salt. Fry the onions till it turns transparent.
  • When the onions becomes transparent, add the finely chopped tomatoes. Now add the required salt for the vadakari so that the tomatoes fry completely and becomes puree
  • Now add the ground masala, one half of the coconut milk and 1 cup of water and mix well
  • When the mixture starts to boil, add the broken vada pieces and mix well
  • Allow the mixture to boil and then add the remaining coconut milk and mix well
  • When the vadakari starts t boil, garnish with coriander leaves and remove from flame
  • The yummy vadakari is ready to serve with Idli/Dosa/Pongal
Vada Curry Recipe | Vadakari Recipe
Vada Curry Recipe | Vadakari Recipe
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13 Comments Hide Comments

Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj says:
December 17, 2012 at 4:57 pm

Yummy…
Thinai/Foxtail millet Kheer
VIRUNTHU UNNA VAANGA

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Sweety says:
December 18, 2012 at 3:54 am

Seems easy to prepare, great. By the way, is it okay if I add more turmeric with curcumin than recommended? I kinda love this spice. 🙂

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Sangeetha Nambi says:
December 18, 2012 at 4:43 am

Love this…
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Arthy Suman says:
December 18, 2012 at 4:44 am

OMG my mouth-watering looking at this curry….

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Rhys Moonwillow says:
January 25, 2015 at 6:24 am

Tried this recipe today… Loved it.. Awesome flavor…Thanks a lot for sharing it..

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Anonymous says:
June 8, 2016 at 8:13 pm

fantastic post

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vidhya girish says:
November 13, 2016 at 12:55 pm

Thanks a lot for sharing it..

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Padma Sami says:
April 3, 2020 at 4:58 pm

I love your recipes. They are well presented and esy to follow. I want a recipe for kal dosa.

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
April 4, 2020 at 12:16 am

Thank you Padma. Happy to hear. Please refer this link for Dal Dosa – https://www.subbuskitchen.com/kal-dosa-kal-dosai/

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Preethi Baskar says:
April 27, 2020 at 1:22 pm

Nice way of presentation & it is easy for us to understanding by step by step along with picture. Thanks for ur great effort mam.

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
April 28, 2020 at 12:31 am

So happy Preethi. Glad to hear. Thanks

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Mohana Anand says:
November 11, 2020 at 10:27 pm

5 stars
Super tasty and perfect recipe. Tried it for the first time and it was totally yummilicious!

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
November 12, 2020 at 6:22 am

So glad to hear Mohana. Thank you🙏

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