Pudina Vadai/Mint Vadai

Hello! Glad to share this Pudina Vadai Recipe with you!

Usually I add curry leaf in parupu vadai, but one day I happened to tatse this pudina vadai and from then I make only Pudina vadai! Beacuse the tatse of mint is so refreshing! Also mint is a healthy herb!

In this recipe the soaking time is playing a key role. If you soak it for hours vadai will become oily. Also if you add water while grinding, vadai will be very oily! 

Enjoy pudina vadai when you have fresh mint leaves at home! Happy Cooking! Cheers! 

Ingredients:

Kadalai paruppu/ Bengal Gram dal - 1 cup

Pudina leaves / Mint leaves – 1 cup Finely chopped

Onion- 1 finely chopped

Garlic – 3 finely chopped

Ginger – 1 inch finely chopped

Red chilli – 2

Sombu/ fennel – 1 tsp

Jeera – 1 tsp
Hing - 1 pinch

Salt

Oi l for deep frying

Method:

1. Soak dhal for 30 minutes and grind it coarsely in mixie along with red chilli, sombu and jeera(Need not add water while grinding)

2. Transfer the dhal mixture to a bowl and add the chopped mint leaves,onion, garlic, ginger, salt, hing. Mix it and divide it into equal sized balls

3.Heat oil in a frying pan, to check if the oil is ready for frying put a small piece of dhal in the oil if it comes to the surface the oil is ready.

4. Flatten the balls and deep fry till the colour changes to brown

Serving Tips:

Serve hot pudina vadai as a snack with tomato chutney or as a sidedish for sambar sadam

Raw Banana Balls/Vazhakai Kola urundai

A Chettinad Recipe just for you!

This is an authentic chettinad dish which is often prepared at my mom's kitchen! The taste of this Kola Urundai equals Mutton Kola Urundai! This will definitely impress everyone at your home! It's simple but tasty! Do try and lemme know your comments...Happy Cooking! Cheers!

Ingredients: 

Raw Banana – 1

Red chilli -1

Pottu kadalai/ Fried Gram dal – 1 tbsp

Sombu/ Fennel– 1 tsp

Jeera – 1 tsp

Onion – 1 finely chopped

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying 

Method: 

1.Dry roast Chutney Kadalai, Sombu, Jeera in a pan and grind it to powder in a mixie

2.In a barbeque stick insert the raw banana and show it over flame till it turns to dark brown in colour and the skin is able to be peeled with ur hand.

Or

Cut the raw banana into 4 pieces and dry roast it in a pan till it turns to dark brown in colour and the skin is able to be peeled with ur hand.

3.Now peel banana with ur hand and cut it in to small pieces and mince it in a mixie

4.Finely chop onions and in a bowl mix all the ingredients

5.Make a fine dough and divide it to equal size balls

6.Deep fry the balls till the colour changes to golden brown