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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!
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:
- 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
- We can add little mint leaves after the tomatoes are cooked which will give a nice aroma to the vadakari
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- If you feel squeezing coconut milk is hectic, we can also grind 1/2 cup of grated coconut with the grinding masala ingredients
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Equipments Needed
- Mixer Grinder
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
- Sauce Pan
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 109kcal
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
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Yummy…
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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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OMG my mouth-watering looking at this curry….
Tried this recipe today… Loved it.. Awesome flavor…Thanks a lot for sharing it..
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Thanks a lot for sharing it..
I love your recipes. They are well presented and esy to follow. I want a recipe for kal dosa.
Thank you Padma. Happy to hear. Please refer this link for Dal Dosa – https://www.subbuskitchen.com/kal-dosa-kal-dosai/
Nice way of presentation & it is easy for us to understanding by step by step along with picture. Thanks for ur great effort mam.
So happy Preethi. Glad to hear. Thanks
Super tasty and perfect recipe. Tried it for the first time and it was totally yummilicious!
So glad to hear Mohana. Thank you🙏