Wishing you all a very happy and blessed Navaratri!
"Navaratri" literally means nine nights. We invoke Goddess Durga also known as "Shakthi (Power)", on all these nine days to remove the miseries from our life. For the first 3 days we worship Goddess Durga, next 3 days Goddess Lakshmi and the last 3 days Saraswati. Today is Saraswathi Pooja.
I prepared Ulundhu Vadai (Ulundhu - Urad dhal) and Godhumai Rawa Payasam.
Ulundhu Vadai
Urad dhal - 1 cup
Toor dhal - 1tsp
Green chillies - 2
Red chillies - 3
A pinch of asafoetida
Salt to taste
1 sprig of Curry leaves
Method:
1) Soak urad dhal in sufficient amt of water for 2 hrs. Grind this to thick and fine consistency by adding little water. Refrigerate the mixture for 20mins. TIP: If you add more water by mistake, add 4-5 tsps of rawa and leave it to sit for 20 mins, then you can get the shape.
2) Grind green and red chillies seperately and mix this with urad dhal mixture.
3) To the mixture add a pinch of asafoetida, few leaves and salt to taste.
4) On a plastic paper (I use Ziploc) place a lemon sized ball of the mixture, make it flat with your fingers and make a hole in the center. Its better to wet your fingers with little water each time when you do this.
5) Deep fry in oil until golden brown.
"Navaratri" literally means nine nights. We invoke Goddess Durga also known as "Shakthi (Power)", on all these nine days to remove the miseries from our life. For the first 3 days we worship Goddess Durga, next 3 days Goddess Lakshmi and the last 3 days Saraswati. Today is Saraswathi Pooja.
I prepared Ulundhu Vadai (Ulundhu - Urad dhal) and Godhumai Rawa Payasam.
Ulundhu Vadai
Urad dhal - 1 cup
Toor dhal - 1tsp
Green chillies - 2
Red chillies - 3
A pinch of asafoetida
Salt to taste
1 sprig of Curry leaves
Method:
1) Soak urad dhal in sufficient amt of water for 2 hrs. Grind this to thick and fine consistency by adding little water. Refrigerate the mixture for 20mins. TIP: If you add more water by mistake, add 4-5 tsps of rawa and leave it to sit for 20 mins, then you can get the shape.
2) Grind green and red chillies seperately and mix this with urad dhal mixture.
3) To the mixture add a pinch of asafoetida, few leaves and salt to taste.
4) On a plastic paper (I use Ziploc) place a lemon sized ball of the mixture, make it flat with your fingers and make a hole in the center. Its better to wet your fingers with little water each time when you do this.
5) Deep fry in oil until golden brown.
Vadai Ready!
perfect round vadas:-) i too got them right for the first time last week:-)
ReplyDeletecool.. Luckily i always get vadas in perfect round shape :)
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