recipe of medu vada

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 15 minutes

Soaking time: 3 hours

Total time: 3:25 hours

Medu Vada

Medu vada is special traditional south Indian dish. Whenever, I eat medu vada at that time I just think how to cook medu vada????? What are the ingredients used for making medu vada???? But now, I got the clear idea about medu vada and its ingredients. It’s really easy to cook at home. It’s so simple and quick dish.

When I was studied on 10^th standard at that time I just love to eat street food. Every day, after completion of our tuition classes we all were ready to go for snacks. One day, birthday of my friend and she just want to eat south Indian dish because she loves it so much. She told us that, “Today, I want to give my birthday party with south Indian food”. We were ready to enjoy party with south Indian food and cheer up for birthday girl.

So many times I tasted and enjoyed Idli, Dhosa, Uttapam but never tried for medu vada with my family. So, I just told her, “Today, I want to eat medu vada” because I really want to get real taste of it. At that time, I was too much little for identifying real ingredients used in it. So, I just become dam crazy for making medu vada at my home because of its good taste. In short, it was 1^st time when I ate medu vada with my friends. After completion of birth day party, I reached at my home and told to my mom and dad that “today I ate medu vada, its really nice taste and I want to learn how to cook it at home and which types of ingredients used in it.”

After long time, one day I went at market with my big brother.  We both want to eat something. Suddenly, my brother told me, “Let’s eat idly”. I told him, “Oh yes!!!!! But, I want to eat medu vada”. On that day, I was realizing that urad dal is the main ingredients for medu vada.  I just met to shop keeper and ask him, “Is there urad dal used in medu vada????” He replied me yes.

I was so happy on that day and also ready to do medu vada at my home. On last Sunday, I just think what to do for dinner? Suddenly, medu vada comes into my mind. I just stand up and goes to the kitchen for find out urad dal.

It was my first experience to cook medu vada at my home. I learn one thing that Its most important to put more focus on consistency of better of urad dal.  We need thick better to make a round shape of medu vada. Trust me, it’s so simple and easy recipe to cook medu vada. It’s also cook within 30 minutes.  For crunchy flavor of medu vada, you can add rice flour in the better of urad dal. It gives delicious crunchiness to medu vada. I hope you can also enjoy this traditional south Indian dish medu vada with coconut chutney and sambhar and impress your family members. 

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 cup urad dal (white urad dal)

2. 1 glass of water

3. Salt taste wise

4. 3 - 4 green chilies

5. 1/2 inch ginger

6. 1/2 teaspoon black paper powder

7. 1 teaspoon red chili powder

8. 1 teaspoon coriander powder

9. 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida

10. Oil for deep fry

Recipe:

1. Wash urad dal and soak it into water for 3 - 4 hours.

Wash & soak Urad dal

2. Now, Take a mixer bowl, Add coriander leaves, green chilies and ginger in it and make smooth pest of its.

3. Drain excess water from urad dal.

make pest of urad dal

4. Take a mixer bowl, add urad dal green chili pest, salt, red chili powder, coriander powder, asafoetida powder in it and make a thick pest of its. (Note: You can add rice flour for making thick better, if necessary.)

Mix all ingredients for making pest

Pest of urad dal for medu vada

5. Heat oil in a thick pan.

6. Now, apply water on your hand and take 1 tbsp mixture of urad dal.

mixture of medu vada

7. Give it round shape and make a hole with the help of thumb in the center of it.

make hole by using thumb

8. Now, fry medu vada in heat oil on medium flame till it become golden brown.

Fry medu vada in heat oil

9. Now, transfer it to a paper napkin and serve hot hot medu vada with coconut chutney and sambhar.

Tip: You can sprinkle chat masala on medu vada. So, you can eat medu vada without sambhar.

recipe of medu vada
Last Reviewed by Yogesh Sonani
Rating: 4.5

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recipe of coconut chutney

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Total time: 25 minutes

coconut chutney

Coconut chutney is specially serve with south Indian dishes like Idli, Dhosa, Uttapam, etc. In short, south Indian dish is incomplete without coconut chutney. 

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup chopped coconuts (remove skin)

2. 2 tbsp chana daal

3. 1 cup curd (dahi)

4. 2 green chilies finely chopped

5. 1 teaspoon lemon juice

6. 1/2 cup of water

7. 3 teaspoon Oil

8. Pinch Asafetida Powder (Hing)

9. 1 teaspoon mustard seeds

10. 2 dry Red chilies

11. 5 - 6 curry leaves

Recipe:

1. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a pan, add chana daal in it and roast it till become light brown.

2. Take a mixer bowl, add chopped coconut, roasted chana dal in it and blend it properly.

3. Now, add curd, green chilies, salt and blend it properly.

4. Now, add lemon juice and little water in it and blend it properly.

5. Now, heat 2 teaspoon oil in a pan, add mustard seeds in it when it crackle add pinch asafetida (hing) , curry leaves and dry red chilies in it and saute for few seconds.

6. Now, transfer this seasoning into the coconut chutney and serve it with south Indian dishes.

Tip: Homemade coconut chutney store in refrigerator for a week.

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recipe of idli

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Soaking time: 8 - 9 hrs
Total time: 10 hrs

Idli Sambhar

After a lot of requests, i m finely ready to give a detailed post on How to make soft idli at home? South Indian dish Idli is not easy to make but very healthy and easy to digest. Idli was a regular breakfast at so many home. My hubby really love this idli when i make it at my home. Its very soft and tasty and delicious dish. Generally it serves with south Indian sambhar (daal) and south Indian chutney.

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup white urad daal

2. 3 cup rice

3. 1/2  teaspoon fenugreek seeds (methi dana)

4. Oil for greasing

5. Salt (taste wise)

6. 3 - 4 lemon juice

7. Baking soda

Recipe:

1. Soak the urad daal and fenugreek seeds (methi dana) in enough water for 2 - 3 hours.

2. Soak the rice in enough water for 3 - 4 hours.

3. Now, Drain excess water from rice, urad daal and fengureek seeds. 

4. Now, take a mixer bowl, add fenugreek seeds and urad daal in it with little little water and make a smooth pest of it and transfer it in a bowl put it asides.

5. Blend the rice in a mixer bowl by adding water in it and make a smooth pest of it. Transfer it in a bowl and put it asides.

6. Now, combine the rice, fenugreek and urad daal pest in a bowl, cover it properly and keep it aside to ferment overnight.

7. Once the better is fermented properly, then add salt and 3 - 4 lemon juice and pinch backing soda in it and mix it properly by using spoon.

8. Now, greased idli molds by using oil, add idli better in it and steam it for 10 to 12 minutes.

9. Repeat whole process for remaining better of idli and make more idli from it.

10. Serve hot hot idli with sambhar and chutney. 

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