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    Keerai vadai recipe with urad dal

    November 21, 2012 by Raks Anand 35 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Keerai Vadai, keerai ulundhu avai or keerai medhu vadai with step by step pictures.

    Keerai vadai recipe

    Keerai vadai is one of most fascinating snack for me. The name itself makes me crave for the snack.

    Mostly, especially in the tea kadai, they make it like masal vadai or something firm and thin. But I make always this way.

    I should try the masala vadai method too as Vj likes that way. Always make variations in medhu vada batter only, like mysore bonda or cabbage vadai It's because I am comfortable with medhu vada πŸ™‚

    Its raining here in Singapore with a series of non-stop thunder shotsΒ and can there be any better reason for me making these vada for snack?Β  Enjoy this with tea/ coffee. You would love this crispy snack.

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    Keerai vadai recipe
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    Keerai Vadai, keerai ulundhu vada

    Keerai Vadai, keerai ulundhu vadai or keerai medhu vadai with step by step pictures. A crispy snack made with urad dal, south Indian variety of spinach (Amaranth leaves)
    Course Snack
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Soaking time 2 hours
    Servings 15 vadai
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • Urad dal/ white Ulundhu - Β½ cup heaped
    • Keerai / amaranth leaves - Β½ cup tightly packed
    • Green chillies - 2
    • Onion - 1
    • Asafoetida - 3 pinches
    • Salt - As needed
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    Instructions

    • Soak dal for 2-3 hours and grind to a thick and smooth batter along with green chillies. Use very less water while grinding.
    • Wash and separate the leaves from the stem of the keerai and chop it finely. Add the chopped greens, chopped onion, asafoetida, salt to the ground batter and mix well.
    • Heat enough oil to deep fry vadas and flatten a big lemon sized ball in a greased(with water) ziploc cover. You can use a piece of banana leaf too. Grease you hands well with water before taking the ball of batter. Again after flattening, grease you hands well in water, make hole in the centre and transfer the flattened vada to your greased hand and drop it to the hot oil. Refer this post to see how it can be done in hands itself.
    • Cook in medium flame both sides until golden brown in colour. Heat oil while you flatten the vada again and lower the flame while you cook. Repeat the process to finish the batter. You can cook upto 3-4 vadas at a time.

    Notes

    • You can add balck pepper powder instead of grinding green chillies in the batter.
    • I grind chillies as we could not differentiate it and take out while eating as the vada has lots of greens
    • This vada comes out really crispy. If you want more crispy, add a teaspoon of rice flour.
    • Refer my medhu vadai post for more tips and videos to learn how to shape vada.
    • Since we add washed, chopped greens, make sure you drain water completely before chopping. Otherwise, after you add it to the batter, the batter may get watery – gooey.
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    Stepwise images

    1. Soak dal for 2-3 hours and grind to a thick and smooth batter along with green chillies. Use very less water while grinding.
      1-vada
    2. Wash and separate the leaves from the stem of the keerai and chop it finely. Add the chopped greens, chopped onion, asafoetida, salt to the ground batter and mix well.
      2-keerai-vadai
    3. Heat enough oil to deep fry vadas and flatten a big lemon sized ball in a greased(with water) ziploc cover. You can use a piece of banana leaf too. Grease you hands well with water before taking the ball of batter. Again after flattening, grease you hands well in water, make hole in the centre and transfer the flattened vada to your greased hand and drop it to the hot oil. Refer this post to see how it can be done in hands itself.
      3-keerai-vadai
    4. Cook in medium flame both sides until golden brown in colour. Heat oil while you flatten the vada again and lower the flame while you cook. Repeat the process to finish the batter. You can cook upto 3-4 vadas at a time.
      4-keera-vadai

    Enjoy the vadai + any spicy chutney with hot tea or coffee. Perfect for your kids too as an evening snack!

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. prathibha Garre

      November 21, 2012 at 8:17 am

      Your medu wadas are always perfect in shape,looks delicious

      Reply
    2. Nagalakshmi V

      November 21, 2012 at 8:24 am

      the shape is a hit and miss for me. sometimes comes out so good and sometimes becomes too watery! love the variation πŸ™‚

      Reply
    3. Premalatha Aravindhan

      November 21, 2012 at 8:48 am

      Its raining here too pass me some..

      Reply
    4. APARNARAJESHKUMAR

      November 21, 2012 at 9:00 am

      raks next time try with murukkai keerai ! divine is the only word ! pictures are good

      Reply
    5. Faseela Noushad

      November 21, 2012 at 9:37 am

      wow...delicious n yummy snacvk....

      Reply
    6. Nivedhanams Sowmya

      November 21, 2012 at 9:43 am

      amazingly done raks!!! so perfect shaped vadai!!
      Sowmya

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    7. Jayashree

      November 21, 2012 at 11:26 am

      The best keera vadai I have eaten is at Karpagambal mess in Mylapore, Chennai. Yours reminds me of that - crisp and delicious.

      Reply
    8. Sangeetha Priya

      November 21, 2012 at 12:56 pm

      Perfectly shaped crispy vada, makes me drool...

      Reply
    9. srividhya Ravikumar

      November 21, 2012 at 1:03 pm

      wow..crispy vadas Raji..

      Reply
    10. revathi

      November 21, 2012 at 1:20 pm

      Make me crave for some now..:) super duper good..
      Reva

      Reply
    11. Shama Nagarajan

      November 21, 2012 at 1:21 pm

      tempting and inviting dear

      Reply
    12. jeyashrisuresh

      November 21, 2012 at 1:53 pm

      Please don't make me to crave for this one now. Super tempting vadais and i can happily munch on 4-5 at a time with a feel this is healthy as it has spinach forgetting the fact that it is deep fried!!

      Reply
    13. Pavithra Elangovan

      November 21, 2012 at 2:00 pm

      Super tempting and super tempting Raji. I love keerai vadai alllllllllllllot. Yumm yumm πŸ™‚ singapore ore malaaaaaaaaaaaaiya ??? Enjoy.

      Reply
    14. notyet100

      November 21, 2012 at 2:32 pm

      Ya u r right ,they are perfect with a mug of hot tea,,,

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    15. Uma Ramanujam

      November 21, 2012 at 2:35 pm

      yeap. thats correct. It goes well with hot tea and as soon as i saw your post, I remembered Tea stalls in our places. they sell it and keerai vadais are famous for teashops.

      Reply
    16. Lubna Karim

      November 21, 2012 at 2:38 pm

      Extremely rocking recipe...one of my fav vada's....look perfect and yum....

      Reply
    17. Alamelu

      November 21, 2012 at 4:47 pm

      yummy looking Vada... perfect with a cup of coffee...and a tad guilt free too.. with the greens in it πŸ˜‰

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      Reply
    18. Mahi

      November 21, 2012 at 5:31 pm

      Looks delicious!

      Reply
    19. Sudha Sabarish

      November 21, 2012 at 5:31 pm

      Always love all kinds of vadai.That too keerai vadai means love it to the core.Waiting for the keerai masala vadai post.

      Reply
    20. Priya

      November 21, 2012 at 7:24 pm

      Am avoiding deep fried fritters now,you are tempting me now.Wish i get some.

      Reply
    21. raaji

      November 21, 2012 at 8:03 pm

      haa,,what a texture..just perfect!!!!

      Reply
    22. divya

      November 22, 2012 at 2:53 am

      Looks great, delicious !!!!!

      Reply
    23. Vidhya

      November 22, 2012 at 4:12 am

      Wonderful, looks very delicious.
      You have used Amarnath leaves in this recipe. Is it thandu keerai?

      Reply
    24. Sangeetha Nambi

      November 22, 2012 at 4:32 am

      Perfectly done... Its healthy too....
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    25. Chitra

      November 22, 2012 at 5:38 am

      Looks yummy. wish to have it, I make in masala keerai vadai πŸ™‚

      Reply
    26. Kalpana Sareesh

      November 22, 2012 at 6:08 am

      looks exactly like restaurant made.. love this vadai..

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    27. Nandita SS

      November 22, 2012 at 8:10 am

      Fantastic post Raji!! The vadas looks so perfect and yum!!

      Reply
    28. Sharmilee! :)

      November 22, 2012 at 1:41 pm

      Looks absolutely tempting...perfect for tea time!

      Reply
    29. WeR SAHM

      November 23, 2012 at 9:50 am

      wow so delicious crispy keerai vadai....got impressed with your clicks...

      Reply
    30. Priya R

      November 27, 2012 at 9:32 pm

      perfect vadas everytime πŸ™‚ you are so good at this

      Reply
    31. sasirekhaurs6

      February 08, 2013 at 12:28 am

      hi can we try this with any other keerai varieities also

      Reply
    32. RAKS KITCHEN

      February 08, 2013 at 12:29 am

      Yes I think so.

      Reply
    33. Ranjani Raj

      March 29, 2014 at 3:47 pm

      looks so crispy.. thought to grab one πŸ™‚

      Reply
    34. Unknown

      November 29, 2018 at 12:02 am

      keerai or amaranth leaves means? can you please translate in telugu?

      Reply
    35. Raks Kitchen

      November 29, 2018 at 12:05 am

      Thotagura, koyagura

      Reply

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