Medhu Vadai

Medhu Vadai is a popular South Indian snack.They are crispy on outside and soft on inside. They are served with sambar and coconut chutney. We can also make sambar vadai, rasam vadai and curd vadai by soaking the vadai in sambar, rasam and curd. Lets see how to make the medhu vadai.

Ingredients:

Urad Dhal - 1 Cup
Green Chilly - 2
Coriander leaves - 1/4 Cup
Curry leaves - few
Rice Flour - 2 tspn
Baking Soda - a pinch
Hing - 1 pinch
Salt as required
Oil for frying.

Method:

1. Soak the urad dhal for 1 hour.

2. Drain the water and grind the dhal by sprinkling water to make a soft batter.

3. Now add coriander leaves, curry leaves, chopped green chilly, salt, hing, rice flour and baking soda to the batter and mix well.

4. Heat oil in a kadai. Once the oil is hot, reduce the flame to medium.

5. Take a bowl of water,wet your fingers and take a lemon size vada batter, flatten it on a plastic sheet and make a hole in the middle.

6. Now take the shaped dough in your hands and slip it  into the hot oil.

7. Fry until it turns golden brown on both sides. Remove it from oil and place it in a paper towel to drain excess oil.

8. Repeat the same process for the remaining batter.