Vada curry

Vada curry :

Vada curry is another famous South Indian curry that goes great with idli, dosa.

My mil makes it every Diwali and everyone goes crazy for it. My husband loves South Indian food.

After I started blogging, he had a list to make and every single dish he named was South Indian  dish and this is one among them. This is definitely a special curry to taste.

Ingredients :
Channa dhal - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1 medium size
Tomato - 1 medium size
Green chilli -3
Curry leaves - few
Corainder leaves - few
Chilli powder -1/2 tsp
Corainder powder- 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 4 tsp
Corainder leaves - few chopped
Cloves  - 3
Cinnamon - 1 inch
Fennel seeds -1/4 tsp
Oil -3 Tbsp

Method :

1. Soak channa dhal for 2 hours.

2. Grind them coarsely.

3. Add little salt, make patties and fry them. It should be cooked but not turned into brown.

    It should  be still yellow as shown.

4. Scramble the vadai.

5. In a pan, add oil and when it is hot, add fennel seeds, cloves, cinnamon.

6. Add chopped onion and  fry them nicely.

7. Add ginger garlic paste and fry them until raw smell goes.

8. Add tomatoes and salt and cook them.

9. Add turmeric, chilli powder and corainder powder and sauté nicely.

10. Add water and let it cook for 10 minutes.

11. Add scrambled vadai and mix them nicely.

12. Let them cook for another 15 minutes.

13. Garnish with corainder leaves and it is ready to go.

Enjoy the joy of cooking