Thursday, November 15, 2007

Keerai Vadai

Spinach Vada.
Tea Time Snack or Party Snack.

Ingredients Needed: (Makes 16 -18 vadai)
1. Urad Dal - 3/4 cup
2. Tuar Dal - 1/4 cup
3. Raw Rice - 2 tsp
4. Dried Red chillies - 3 (according to taste)
5. Hing
6. Jeera (Cumin) or Fennel Seeds (Optional)
7. Ghee - 1 tsp
8. Salt to taste
9. Oil to deep fry
10. Chopped Greens 1 cup (I used Amaranth)
Method:
1. Soak Urad dal and (Tuar dal and Rice ) separately for 1 hour.
2. Grind it along with Salt, Red Chillies and Hing.
3. Add Jeera or Fennel, Ghee and Chopped Greens to the Grounded paste
mix well.
4. Make vadas and Deep fry in hot oil till crisp.



Keerai Vadai - Crunchy and Tasty. Best had with Mint Chutney.

24 comments:

Raks said...

I too do this one .... Its our family favourite....:))
You hav now tempted me to make ...!!
Today I went throough your Hot rasam posts...Great collections MT!!

Kalva said...

Hi coming from my blog, wow you have very nice blog out here. i am a newbie though! knew so much abt chettinad

FH said...

Oh my! Great idea!! Greens vadas must taste really really good MT! Thanks girl!:)

FH said...

Oh fogot to tell you, since it has Tuar dal, send it to JFI-Toor dal to Linda!

indosungod said...

Vadais are a great snack anytime. I have never seen toor dal added to the vadai, must it a good color and crunch!

EC said...

Looks great with keerai..i would go for it with some sweet chutney

Anonymous said...

Vadas with grrens- nice! They look delicious, MT!

Richa said...

they are so tempting! ur vadas look so good, perfect!!!

Laavanya said...

Those vadais look just perfect. I've never tried this before. What a great idea.. thank you MT>

vimmi said...

The vadas look yummy. Can we mke these with spinach. And where do u get Amaranth?? Do we get them at India stores???

Anonymous said...

Those looks so, so yummy, and I have all the ingredients on hand....I may just have to make them!

Menu Today said...

Hi Raks,
Please post your version of Keerai vadai. Thanks.

Hi Kalva,
Thanks for visiting, I am very eager to know more about chettinad cuisine.

Hi Asha,
Thanks Asha:-) I will send this link to linda soon. Thanks once again.
Hi ISG,
Urad for soft and tuar dal for colour and crisp.While eating you can feel both the textures.Thanks.
Hi Ec,
Thanks, keep visiting.

Hi Vani,
Thanks a lot.

Hi Richa,

Thank u very much for your kind words.

Hi laavanya,
Thanks, keep visiting.

Menu Today said...

Hi Vimmi,
You can make this with spinach too. Amaranth is available in singapore.
Try this once. Thanks.

Hi Cedar,
Please do let me know the outcome of it. Thanks .

Menu Today said...

Hi Raks,
Please post your version of Keerai vadai. Thanks.

Hi Kalva,
Thanks for visiting, I am very eager to know more about chettinad cuisine.

Hi Asha,
Thanks Asha:-) I will send this link to linda soon. Thanks once again.
Hi ISG,
Urad for soft and tuar dal for colour and crisp.While eating you can feel both the textures.Thanks.
Hi Ec,
Thanks, keep visiting.

Hi Vani,
Thanks a lot.

Hi Richa,

Thank u very much for your kind words.

Hi laavanya,
Thanks, keep visiting.

Daily Meals said...

The vadai looks nice. I have never tried vada with keerai.

DEEPA said...

yummy yummy one ....very tempting ....

Latha Narasimhan said...

vadas are looking so delicious!:)Slurp slurp!!

Menu Today said...

Hi Vijaya,
Try this you will like it, Thanks.

Hi Deepa,
Thanks a lot. I had this wada with hot sambar rice, really yummy!!!

Hi Latha,
Hope you had a wonderful chennai trip.
Thanks.

Sia said...

MT, i love the way u have used spinach to make these vadas. a nice twist to common vadas we make with idlies and i am surely gonna try this one. i can also think of using methi leaves and other green leafy vegetables in place of spinach. see my mind has already started working and my tummy is crying;)

Anonymous said...

Hi and thanks again, MT, for another wonderful dish for JFI-Toor Dal! The vadas look so crispy and delicious, spinach makes them extra yummy I'm sure :)

Meera said...

Those vadais look so yum!

Latha Narasimhan said...

Dear MT this was the recipe copied by one bhooma, who started a new blog! She also copied my puzhungarisi vadai! I left a note saying she has copied from our blogs, and she removed with in an hour! Read my post on plagarism! I think I too should display the plagarism sign on my side bar!

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