Tirupati Milagu Vada | Whole Black Urad Dal Pepper Vada
Tirupati Vada is a very scrumptious vada made with whole black urad dal, pepper and salt. This vada is thin, crispy and tasty vada.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time45 minutes mins
Soaking Time4 hours hrs
Total Time5 hours hrs
Course: Festival Recipes, Snacks
Cuisine: Andhra, Indian, South Indian, Tamil Nadu
Servings: 15 Vadai
Calories: 135kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam
Mixer Grinder
Heavy Bottomed Pan
- 1 Cup Black Gram (Whole Urad Dal) 1 Cup - 250ml
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 teaspoon Peppercorns Coarsely pounded or ground
- 2 tablespoon Rice Flour
- 1 tablespoon Oil (Hot Oil)
- 2 Cups Oil For Deep Frying
Preparing Vada Batter
Wash and Soak Black Gram in water for about 4 hours
After 4 hours, drain water and take the urad dal to the mixer jar
Grind the soaked dal to a coarse paste. Add water only if needed. We need coarse and thick batter.
Take the batter in a mixing bowl. Add salt, coarse pepper powder, rice flour to the batter.
Next, add hot oil to the vada batter and give the batter a good mix. Tirupati Vada batter is now ready!
Deep Frying Process
Heat oil in a pan. We can use zipper cover or banana leaf to shape the vada
Cut the zipper into 2 halves. Take a gooseberry size batter and place it in one half of zipper cover, close it with another half and press the vada batter and shape it to palm size disc. Make sure the vada are shaped thin. Thin vada will be more crisper and cooks nicely in oil
When the oil is ready, damp your hands and gently take out the disc shaped vada and drop it in oil.
Keep the flame very low and cook the vada on both the sides till all the bubble in the oil ceases and the vada becomes brown and crispy. We can add 2-3 vada in each batch.
Take out the vada amd repeat the process till we finish the vada batter
Tirupati Milagu Vada is now ready!
- Shape the vada very thin and cook in low flame patiently to get crispy pepper vada
Serving: 1Vada | Calories: 135kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 8g