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Thavala Vada Recipe | Mixed Lentil Fritters
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Thavala Vadai recipe | Mixed Lentils Fritters Recipe

Thavala Vada is one of the forgotten, traditional evening snack made with rice and mixed lentils. The fritters are shallow fried till they are golden and crispy. Serve with Coconut chutney/kara chutney along with hot tea/coffee! Learn here how to make this Thavala Vada with step by step pictures, instructions and video!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Soaking Time3 hours
Total Time3 hours 45 minutes
Course: Evening Tiffen, Kootu varieties (Stew), Snacks
Cuisine: Indian Cuisine, South Indian Recipes, Tamil Brahmin, Tamil Nadu Recipes
Servings: 12 Vadai
Calories: 136kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Equipment

  • Heavy Bottomed Pan
  • Mixing Bowl
  • Mixer Grinder

Ingredients

  • ¼ Cup Raw Rice 1 Cup - 250ml
  • ¼ Cup Idli Rice / Parboiled Rice
  • ¼ Cup Toor Dal (Pigeon pea)
  • ¼ Cup Urad Dal
  • ¼ Cup Moong dal
  • ¼ Cup Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
  • 4 nos Red Chili
  • 4 nos Green Chili
  • 1 inch Ginger
  • Few Curry leaves
  • ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
  • ½ teaspoon Peppercorns
  • ½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Salt Adjust as needed
  • ¼ Cup Oil For Shallow frying

Instructions

Soaking Rice and Lentils

  • Take the raw rice, idli rice, moong dal ,toor dal, urad dal and chana dal in a mixing bowl. Add water and wash the rice and dals thoroughly. Strain the washed water.
  • Add fresh water and soak the rice and lentils for 3 hours.

Grinding Vada Batter

  • After 3 hours, drain water from soaked rice and dals. Take half of the soaked rice and dals to mixer jar.
  • Add red chili, green chili, ginger, asafoetida, pepper, cumin and curry leaves to the mixer jar.
  • Grind everything without adding any water till the chilies are nicely ground.
  • Now, add the rest of the soaked rice and dals to the mixer jar along with salt.
  • Grind everything to a coarse paste without adding any water. Take the vada mixture in a bowl.

Shallow Frying

  • Heat Oil in a pan. Take lemon size measure of vada mixture, shape it like a vada.
  • Gently place it on the oil. Repeat the same and prepare 4-5 vada.
  • Cover the pan and cook the vada in low flame till the bottom layer of the vada becomes golden and crispy.
  • Open the lid, flip and cook on the other side. Cook in low flame till all sides turn golden brown and crispy
  • Take out the cooked vada and repeat the same for rest of the vada batter.

Serving

  • Serve the delicious Thavala Vada with Coconut chutney along with hot tea/coffee!

Video

Nutrition

Serving: 2pc | Calories: 136kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 3g