Sambar Vada

Sambar Vada:

This is a wonder South Indian anytime favorite snack. In this urad dal  vada is deep fried in oil  and soaked in hot sambar. It has a irresistible taste and healthy also. Just check it out...

Ingredients needed to prepare sambar:

• Toor dal                                   - 1 cup


• Onion                                      - 1


• Tomato                                    - 3


• Green chilly                             - 3


• Turmeric pwd                          - ¼ tsp


• Asafoetida pwd                       - a pinch         


• Oil                                            - 1tbsp


• Tamarind paste                       - 1 tsp


• Salt to taste


• Curry and coriander leaves

To temper:

• Mustard seeds                        - ¼ tsp


• Cumin seeds                           - ¼ tsp


• Split urad dal                           - ¼ tsp


• Asafoetida                               - ¼ tsp

How to prepare Sambar:

1. Wash and pressure cook the toor dal, along with onion, tomato, green chillies, turmeric pwd, asafoetida pwd and vendaiyam pwd.


2. Smash the contents completely, once the pressure goes off.


3. Oil is tempered with mustard seeds, cumin seeds, split urad dal, asafoetida and smashed contents are added


4. Allow to boil adding salt and tamarind paste. ( lemon drops can be added at the end instead of tamarind paste.)


5. Tasty sambar ready.
   
   

To prepare Vada:

Ingredients needed:

·         Urad dal                                  - 2 cup

·         Oil                                            - 200 ml

·         Green chilly                             - 2

·         Onion sliced                            - 2

·         Asafoetida pwd                       - ¼ tsp

·         Salt to taste

·         Curry and coriander leaves

How to prepare:

1. Wash and soak urad dal with 1 tbsp raw rice in water for 20 mins.


2. Stain it to drain water and grind in mixer by adding green chilly, salt.


3. Sprinkle water to it and grind to thick batter.


4. The secret of crispy vada lies in the texture of batter only, the batter shouldn’t be very tight or watery.


5. Transfer this batter in a bowl,  add asafoetida pwd, chopped onion, curry and coriander leaves.


6. Combine them well.


7. Heat oil in a fry pan, take a small amount of batter, make it ball, flatten it.


8. Deep fry this in hot oil.


9. Roll it to the other side and simmer the flame, fry vada to golden brown.

To prepare Sambar Vada:

1. Take sambar in a bowl (see to it to be hot), soak hot vada into it.


2. Allow to remain for 15 mins.


3. Check the vada has turned spongy and absorbed sambar to it.


4. Add some more sambar to it, add chopped onion to it.


5. Garnish with chopped coriander sprinklings.

6. Yummy….tasty sambar vada ready to eat.