VADA CURRY - SOUTH INDIAN RECIPE

Vada curry is one of famous dish in Chennai. It is very often serve with idli, dosa and appam. I prefer for chappati also nice combo.  Today i am serving with hot idli .Let see how to do the recipe.

Ingredient:

For Grind

Chana dal/split chick peas – 1 cup

Red chillies – 2 nos

Garlic – 2 nos

Fennel Seeds – 1tsp

Oil – 1 tsp

Salt – ½ tsp

For Curry

Onion – 2 nos

Tomato – 1 no

G.chilles – 1

Ginger garlic – 1 tsp

Chille powder – 1 ½ tsp

Cinnamon – 1

Cloves – 2 nos

Cardamom -  2 nos

Garam Masala – 1tsp

Curry leaves – few

Coriander- few

Oil  - 3 tbsp

Salt – 1 tsp

 How to prepare vada curry

First grind all ingredient mention for grind  and steam it for 8 to 10 minutes. Next for curry, heat kadai with oil then add cinnamon, cloves, cardomom and curry leaves after add garlic ginger paste, then add onion fry till it becomes transparency, then add tomato fry until it become smashy. Now add masalas one by one turmeric, chille powder, salt, garam masala powder, fry well till raw smell leave and add water for 2 to 3 cup because chana dal observe the water it became thick the curry. Meanwhile crush the steamed chana dal keep it ready. When the masala come to boil then add steamed crush chana dal in to curry. It should for boil for 10 minutes then Vada curry is ready .Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve it with Hot idlis.

Step one by one

                               

Soak for 1/2 hour

Grind all above mention ingredient

Steam the grinded dal for 8 mintues

take all ingredient for curry

Heat oil in kadai add whole garam masala and ginger garlic paste

Add onion, g. chilles and curry leaves fry well

       Add tomato and fry well

Add masalas one by one

Fry well till raw smell  of masala have gone

Crush the steamed chana dal for curry

Add water when it come to boil add crushed chana dal

   Vada curry should boil for 10 minutes

Now vada curry is ready & Garnish with corinder leaves

Serve it with Idli