2009/01/16

THAYIR VADAI-------PONGAL SPECIAL / DAHI VADA

INGREDIENTS:

Urat dal - 1 cup
Curd - 1 cup
Salt to taste
Mustard - 1 tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Red chillies - 2
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Onion - 1
Green chillies -2

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Soak dal in water for 1 hour.Grind it without water , if watery add 2 tsps of rice or besan flour.
2) Add chopped onion and green chillies with less salt to the batter .Mix well and make vadai.Allow it to cool.
3) Meanwhile , heat oil in a kadai .Add mustard,jeera and red chillies with turmeric powder .Once it splutters,add them to the thick curd and keep aside.
4) After vadai gets cooled,dip vadai in water .Squeeze water from them and drop them in curd and serve after 20 minutes.

Sending this to Sending these to FIC - YELLOW hosted by Sunshinemom ,Sankranthi festival by Priti , Srivalli's My Legume Love Affair Event and Susan's Event and srilekha's EFM - Savories Event .

11 comments:

Sunshinemom said...

I love soaked vadai in rasam, sambar or dahi! Thanks for sending this to FIC, Shama!

Srikitchen said...

looks too good!

Gita Jaishankar said...

I love thair vadai, I should make them this weekend, i am drooling over the picture Shama :)

sriharivatsan said...

Vadai in any form is my favorite too..Nice treat for Pongal...

Adlak's tiny world said...

all time hit is vada... in any form even in sambar, rasam, curd and crispy hm.... love to pick that one dear...

Preety said...

i love dahi vadas but my DH doesn't:(..BTW perfect entry for all the events

AnuSriram said...

Looks delicious!

Uma said...

mmm. looks so mouth-watering! Have a great weekend.

Mrs.Kannan said...

i love thayirvadai...yummy looking thayir vadai

Varsha Vipins said...

always luv this dish..:)

Srivalli said...

Thanks for sending this to the event..its our favorite ones...

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