Medhu vadai recipe - Ulunthu vadai - ulundu vadai- medu vada - with video and step by step pictures, tips and tricks to make perfect shape.
The only work/help I used to do before marriage,to my mom, if any festive days means, that would be grinding and making vadai. My mom used to tell how and i will grind and make as per her instructions. Then after 3-4 times,I used to do all by myself👏. From then, vadai department is mine. That is from grinding ,cleaning the grinder, till making vadai😍.
My mom used to make medhu vadai with a piece of banana leaf or a polythene cover, for making shape of vadai. But once I happened to see how vadai is made in hotel/restaurants, without using anything, just using our one hand make beautiful vadais that looks so cute. From then I started making like that. It's less mess and easy too than using banana leaf or anything else. What u need is practice. No no,don't think it's difficult. Once u get to know the correct trick, you will be able to do with ease.
I could not take pictures while making sooo detailed,but have done whatever i can do with my one hand, so that beginners could be benefited. And this medhu vadai post is especially for my two close friend’s request,one, Sangeeta and then my Sis in law.
Check out my paruppu vadai recipe
If you are making for any festival, Make few without onion to offer God. Then add onion to remaining batter.
Medhu vadai
Ingredients
- ¾ cup Urad dal/ Ulutham paruppu
- 10 Small onion/ shallots or Big onion – 1
- 2 Green chillies
- 1 inch piece Ginger
- 2 tablespoon Coriander leaves chopped
- 1 Curry leaves sprig
- ⅛ teaspoon Asafoetida
- Salt - As needed
Instructions
- Soak urad dal for 2 hour at least. (Use whole urad dal without skin(muzhu ulundu)for better result).
- Grind urad dal with only little water till fluffy. Please note the following points:
- Add urad dal little by little(no water),while the grinder is running.
- b)Just sprinkle water now and then to avoid jamming of the grinder. Using ice cold water is recommended.
- c)Stand near till you finish grinding for sprinkling water now and then and wipe the urad dal that sticks to the wall of the grinder container.
- d)This whole process takes around 12-15 minutes,you will get a fluffy white batter.
- Now chop onions,ginger,green chillies,coriander and curry leaves and add all these to the batter along with salt and asafetida.(You can add ginger and green chillies while you are grinding the batter itself,if you don’t want to come in mouth.If you decide so,first add ginger and chilles,then urad dal)
- Now mix well,keep aside and heat enough oil in kadai (be generous or else vadas may stick to the bottom and get burnt).
- Now wet your right hand well and make a small ball.
- And use ur thumb to make hole in the middle.
- and drop it in oil,(just invert the vadais over the oil and slightly shake ur fingers)
- Fry in medium flame,turn the vadais and fry till both the sides turn crisp and golden brown.
Video
Notes
- If your vadai drinks so much oil,then it means you have added more water,reduce next time. Try adding any one of the following only one teaspoon to reduce vadai drinking oil-Rice flour or gram flour or Maida/all purpose flour.
- Do not soak more than 3 hrs max. If it is delayed, keep the urad dal in fridge until you grind.
- Using ice water gives you more volume as well as fluffy vadais.
- Wet grinder gives best vadais. More volume and tasty too than mixie ground vadai.
- If in case you want to grind in mixie, soak for 3 hrs, leave it inside fridge for minimum 30 mins. Grind with ice cold water.
- After mixing salt, the batter leaves water. So make sure you add salt just before making vada.
- Never ever grind the batter with salt. It will become watery and you may not able to shape.
- If your batter is like a paste and dull in colour, may be the urad dal quality is not good.
- Don't grind for too long,it will make your batter sticky and you could not shape the vadais. Keep in refrigerator and try after an hour.
- Adding a teaspoon of toor dal or channa dal while soaking urad dal, gives you a nice browning, crispiness as well as texture to the vadai.
- If I grind batter in mixie, I add chopped onions in the end and give it a pulse. this gives a great flavor and nice golden vadai.
- A good variety/quality of urad dal also matters.
- If you grind everything correctly,you will get a crispy vadai,no need to add rice flour or anything!!!
- While grinding mixie, certain things you need to consider for perfect vadais.
a)Good quality urad dal for more quantity of vadai.
b)After soaking urad dal for 2-3 hours, I refrigerate for an hour. This gives fluffy batter, more volume and easy to shape too.
c)Never grind the batter for long time at once, grind few seconds - stop, grind again. Open the lid and add water little by little when needed.
d)Use ice cold water.
e)I added roughly ½ cup water for 1 cup good quality urad dal. I got around 26 medium sized vadas.
f)I grind green chilli, ginger, urad dal without water first, then add water little by little and grind.
g)Never add salt while grinding. Also dont grind for too long, your batter will become pasty and cannot shape.
Medhu vadai method:
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- Soak urad dal for 2 hour at least. (Use whole urad dal without skin(muzhu ulundu)for best result).
- Grind urad dal with only little water till fluffy. Please note the following points:
a) Add urad dal little by little(no water),while the grinder is running.
b)Just sprinkle water now and then to avoid jamming of the grinder. Using ice cold water is recommended.
c)Stand near till you finish grinding for sprinkling water now and then and wipe the urad dal that sticks to the wall of the grinder container.
d)This whole process takes around 12-15 minutes,you will get a fluffy white batter.
- Now chop onions, ginger, green chillies, coriander and curry leaves and add all these to the batter along with salt, asafetida.(You can add ginger and green chillies while you are grinding the batter itself, if you don’t want to bite while eating. If you decide so,first add ginger and chilli, then urad dal)
- Mix well, keep aside and heat enough oil in kadai (be generous or else vadas may stick to the bottom and get burnt).
- Wet your right hand well and make a small ball.
- Use you thumb to make hole in the middle.
- Drop it in oil,(just invert the vadais over the oil and slightly shake ur fingers)
- Fry in medium flame,turn the vadais and fry till both the sides turn crisp and golden brown.
- Soak urad dal for 2 hour at least. (Use whole urad dal without skin(muzhu ulundu)for best result).
Serve medhu vadai with hot with sambar/ coconut chutney. 
Sakkarai Pongal:
Today is Aadi velli,So I made the above vadais and sakkarai pongal. This is my 100th post too!! I thank all of the blogger friends who give their lovely comments,which encourage me a lot! I also have my friends who read my blog silently,I thank them too …Please continue with your support!! 
Ingredients:
Raw rice - ½ cup
Moong dal/Pasi paruppu - 2 tbsp
Ghee - 4 tbsp
Milk - ½ cup
Cashews - 8
Jaggery - ¾ cup
Elachi - 1
Raisins(optional) - 1 tsp
Nutmeg powder(optional) - 2 pinches
Pachai karpooram(optional) - A pinch
water - 1 & ¾ cups
Salt - 2 pinches
Method:
- Heat the cooker and add a teaspoon of ghee and fry the moong dal directly.Fry for a minute.
- Add the washed rice,half of the milk,water and pressure cook in medium flame for 4 whistles.
- Once the pressure is released,open and mix some more milk,just to mash and mix well.
- Powder the jaggery and if you think the jaggery is pure,doesn't have impurities or sand then you can add the powdered jaggery to the pongal directly.If you have impurities in it,then better just melt the jaggery with very little water and filter the impurities and then add this syrup to the pongal.
- Switch on the stove and keep on stirring well in a low-medium flame.
- Pour ghee little by little and keep on stirring till pongal leaves the sides of the vessel.(approx 4-5 min)
- Add fried cashew,powdered elachi and the other optional ingredients lastly and mix well.
- Enjoy the pongal hot hot!!
I used achu vellam(jaggery like cubes)which is more sweet and gives less colour. Use salt while you cook the pongal,it will enhance the taste. If you are using the round vellam/jaggery,then it has salt by it self,so watch out while you add salt.
Chitra
THANKS A TON FOR THIS POST...IT IS REALLY USEFUL TO ME..IAM CRAVING FOR THOSE PERFECT SHAPED VADAS..WILL TRY IT VERY SOON 🙂
sangeetaskitchen
congrats on ur 100th post.....keep continuing ur good work .....and ur way for taking out wonderful snaps. thanks for the recipe of vadai i have tasted it and know how super taste u make them. Post all other all wonderful recipies u make at home.
u stared ur blog whn i was near u ( in singapore )but on the 100th post i am not near u . anyways wherever i am i will always remember the time we spend together.
RAKS KITCHEN
Chithra
Thank you for ur lovely words!!
Sangee
Thanks so much for your comment,you have been always a good critic for my blog:) And I learnt a lots of dishes from you:) I should thank you for that 🙂
Sushma Mallya
hi raks..nice crispy vadas....very lovely pictures....
Prathibha
wow those vadas are looking very yummy n tempting gal..its not fair to tempt us like this..:(
A big slurrrp for those wadas dear...
I really want to see the video..can you plz mail me??
Bharathy
CONGRATS on your 100th post!!
Girl, you truly have posted some real memorable recipe posts to looks back!..
I fail everytime making uzhundu vadais...and here I see one of the best vadais I've come across!! 🙂
Awesome pics too!!
Bookmarked!..!!
Sarkarai pongal lokks divine!!
Wishing you many many more 100s to come!!!!
Hugs!
Bharathy 🙂
Kitchen Flavours
Oh wow......awesome and drool worthy vada's......love the crispy layer.....Congrats on your milestone post. Pongal looks yum.....you rock with pictorial, photos.....Video too....hats off baby.....keep rocking.....
LG
My hubby is a big fan of vada..sambar and vada are his fav items!! pictures are captivating!
Rajitha
wow wow wow...thank you for the technique for the vadai. I always make them like bondas as i am intimidated to make the hole in the center...your techniqe looks so much safer and easier!!
Laavanya
I love the perfect colour on your vadais - these are my absolute favorite. Congrats on your 100th post and love the picture of the sakkarai pongal too.
Suparna
hi Raaji,
I always adore the authenticity of the dishes u post 🙂
Congratulations on the 100th milestone :)wishing u many more to achieve 🙂
This sure is a very useful post for many who are intrigued by the beautiful shape of the medhu vadas 🙂 it inclueds me too!! and sakkarai pongal is one of my fav's too!!! ur pics are damn useful and thanks so much for the lovely dishes u post dearie 🙂
God bless!!
TC
Priti
Babe Congrts too :)...this is indeed cool ....you knw I never get my vadai rite...how much ever I try..and the shape is just never..your vadai looks just so gud and perfect...wonderful with pongal
A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine
Congrats on your 100th post. Both the dishes look awesome especially Vadai. Doing with one hand is a nice tip. Will try out next time.(Vadaiku thrizhti suthi podunge, supera errukku).
Pavithra
Hi raks congrats on ur 100th post and those vadas and pongal is looking awesome and tempting.Keep rocking with more and more recipes..
Viki's Kitchen
Congrats on ur 100th post dear. Love the way u do this vadai. I too learnt to make it with one hand from my grandma . It surely gives a good shape. Ur vada looks so cute. Happy adi velli dear. Sarkarai pongal makes me drooling:)
Anonymous
C O N G R A T S ON UR 100th POST dear!!!
That crispy vadas make me mad!
Mangala Bhat
Oh My Gosh ..Lokk at those pefect vadai ..My mouh started watering baby...Congrats on ur 100th post.Keep posting such a mouthwatering reciipes .Lovely post . I craving for that vadai ..:(((( ..Crying
Sailaja
congrats...keep rocking.ur vada looks perfect,very crispy
alice
Raks, congats on your 100th post! I know you will hit many a centuries more!!!
wonderful post regarding step by step description of making methu vadai! both sakkarai pongal and vadai look tempting!
Lissie
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Anu
Congrats on your 100th post....
Wow crispy vada and pongal looks tempting.I am great fan of vada and sambar and I tried it but never posted in my blog. Ur vadai romba alaga supera eruku.... Wishing you many more 100s to come.....
Keep rocking....
Nags
congrats on a beautiful blog that only gets better each day 🙂 the vadas look perfect. can i come over next time u make them and see how u get the shape so nicely?
Home Cooked Oriya Food
Congrats on the 100th post. I love your vadas... Awesome...
DEESHA
wow, gorgeous pics .. vadais look very tempting .. congrats on your 100h post
Valarmathi
Congrats on ur 100th post. Vada and Pongal looks so fantastic and yummy. Lovely pictures.
Poornima Nair
The vadai pictures are awesome, they looks so crispy n yumm. Really tempting. Love the pongal too.
Vrinda
So tempting shot...feel like grabbibg one right from the picture..This is my all time fav snack,just craving for these crispy vadas now..
Gita
Wow what gorgeous pictures...crispy and delcious vadas perfect with the pongal 🙂
Soma
what a picture! I could just stretch my hand pick up one of the vadas of all of them! I made vada last weekend, but without the hole.. made tiny little ones for my little girl, which she could eat at one pop.
Soma(www.ecurry.com)
bindiya
What delicious and tempting pics!, you have done a supertb job!!
sriharivatsan
Chance illa Supera panreenga ellame..Am drooling over here buddy..
Priya Narasimhan
Congratualtions Raks...Best pictures of vada I have ever seen..Just can't move my eyes out of the pictures...:-) You know what, I have planned to make vadas today in the evening. My cousin in Bombay has sent a recipe for dahi vada..We (my mother)also pretty much follow the same recipe that you have given..though with minimal changes..I will post mine too soon after making them....
srikars kitchen
wow.. nice methu vadai.. useful info.. looks really awesome..
meeso
Wow, the vadai's look so fluffy and crispy and perfect! Mine turn out more dense than I like, I want to try your recipe... The pongal looks great, too!
Priya Narasimhan
May be you can send the vadas to Fried snacks event hosted by EC?
Vibaas
Congrats on your 100th post. those vadas and sakkarai pongal..wish i could have 'em right away. toooooo tempting, gal! Awesome pics, as usual 🙂
Cynthia
Your snacks are outstanding and have me drooling!
Yasmeen
Crispy and Yum,I also shape them on hands 😀
rekhas kitchen
wow look at those pic.s simply superb very very tempting hot vadas are my all time fav. looks great
ohh dear that's jilebi only but it's an up coming recipe will post it soon dear, sorry.
Parita
Love the clicks, they are soo perfect! Perfectly shaped and so crispy , just the way i like 🙂
Vani
Perfect looking vadas! Happy 100th!
Mandira
love both the recipes, the pics are amazing. Congrats on your 100th post.
jayasri
Hi raji how r u ?, i missed this post congrats on ur 100th post, u have taken it really wonderfully, your photo shots are amazing.., the vadais look so delicious and of course sakkari pongal too.., feels like can i just pick one of them, ur explanations as always very good ! my, u got lot of patience, hats of to u
lata raja
Hi that's wonderful!!Congrats on the milestone post. I am sorry I am congratulating you five days late. But it so happened my internet stops functioning when I open comments column.Sometimes I'm having to re type the whole thing. Innikku being Aadi chevvai, I,m chanting Sahasranamam at 3pm local time and making both of these for neivedhyam.
Nithya Praveen
Truly fantastic.....nice click too.Many ppl dont try making this vadas coz of the shape,it doesnt come out very well.The cook at my inlaws house back in India also doesnt make them...she finds it difficult to get the shape.Guess this needs the right amount of ingredients.Urs looks sooooo perfect.LOvely one!
EC
Congrats on ur 100th post..the vadas look so good, I never have got so good ones with perfect holes..
Dibs
Congratulations on 100th post. My my you are genious to make such excellent vadas. Lovely detailed post. I do want your video, so I will send you an e-mail. BTW - you shd just like it here - I am sure nobody will get bored!!!!
K
Congrats on reaching a mile stone in your beautiful blog! Those pics look amazing and the step by step procedure of vadas too..
Pravs
perfect and beautiful vadai. congrats on the 100th.
Prema Sundar
Congrats on ur 100th post.Vadas have come out very well and what wonderful pictures.
Loved ur jangiri recipe and ur step by step pics.. have bookmarked it and iam going to try it out soon in the festival season..
Sireesha
CONGRATS on your 100th post!!
I'm smacking my lips at the thought of eating this 🙂
Seena
good to see you with so many authentic recipes..! Raj, loved your green bowl too.. 🙂
Mahimaa's kitchen
super! both look equally tempting.
Hema
I just love your vadai. A trick used in hotels is that they add a little bit of rice flour for the crispness. Your experience reflects on the vadai.. and congrats on your 100th post.. you've come a long way..
Roochi
wonderful vadas.. and pongal looks great
Preeti Kashyap
Vadai looks crispy and yummm. I can never make those holes. Thanks for clicking the step by step procedure.Congrats on your 100th post!
janu
Hiiii!!! This vada is really looking good! I tried making some but i could not make holes in the center. could you send me the video link of making vada?
Shalini
Pongal Looks very nice. I'll try it today..thanks
Raji
I have tried Vadai many times but never got the hole in it. Followed your technique and got it this time. OMG, the taste was awesome and hubby compared my vadai to his Amma's vadai. Thanks a lot for the wonderful technique.
RAKS KITCHEN
Thanks so much for the feed back raji,glad you got it right 🙂
jo
hi
i tried your vada recipe yesterday, i grinded for 20 mts and just tried one vada, as i don't know the right consistency of smooth. it didn't increase in size and not so crisp. I again grinded for some more time say around 40 ro 50 mts, and tried again i didn't get the crisp texture i got fed up and added soda and fried, it was bit crisp.
i am so depressed not getting anythong right, just don't know what question to ask also.
thans for the recipes
jyothi
RAKS KITCHEN
Hi jo, grind by sprinkling water little by little and the batter should increase in volume,'smooth' means you should not see any rawa like texture, it should be smooth...that is grind well..may be your urad dal is not fresh stock or you may want to add little more water...
Ping
I love this vadai!
Thanks so much for posting!
Will try it some time soon 😉
Hyma
u r truly a pro...i can never get myself to make that hole in the center;-)! great clicks on the vada again!
Raks Anand
Priya, I too use ultra grind, u can add more water if u need to get volume, just make sure it doesnt become watery otherwise will not be able to make shapes. If u add water sure the batter will fluff and give volume. I think ur urad dal is fresh and nice quality one. May be that's the reason.
Priya Hari
How long should we typically grind for vada?
If I add very less water or sprinkle, it is nowhere near vada consistency even after 10-15 mins. After how long can I actullay expect the dhal to start looking like a dough?
I am able to get it ground only when I add more water. What do you think could be the issue? Do I need to wait for some more time?
For grinding, I use Ultra grinder..
Priya Hari
Thanks so much for such a prompt reply!
This week I have tried 3 recipes of yours and all of them were just awesome!
saradha
Thank you very much for the post. My husband discovered your blog and since then we have been trying out different recipes fried rice, bread upma, paranthas to mention a few. I am waiting to try this vadai recipe this weekend. Excellent photographs and perfect proportions. Keep up the good work you are building new cooking enthusiasts.
sudha prakash
Hi,
Iam seeing ur site for the 1st time..looks awesome.
Million Thanx for ur vada tips..
keep posting.
Nalini
The vadas looks so good. Can I use mixie for grinding the dal? Also can you send me the link to youtube video? Thanks
RAKS KITCHEN
Hi nalini,
Yes you can grind in mixie, make sure you grind it by stopping frequently and wipe the sides of the mixer jar and add very little water,gradually while grinding. Do not grind continuously. Do not let the batter get heated while grinding. If you think so, use fridge water...And regarding the video, please send me a mail to the ID I have given in the side bar(right hand side top(FEEDBACK-EMAIL ME))I will send the link to your email ID, or if you dont mind, leave a comment here ur mail ID, I will not publish it,but send the link..
shradkul
Hi, I have started to browse recipe blogs recently..and came across to this one.. I am always tempted whenever I see your recipe's photos (step-by-step) and I wish to try them immediately 😛 ..Till now, I have always made the vada as bonda (always felt when I could make the restaurant style! sign) , but I am going to try it now 😀 . Just 1 question, when we wet our rright hand , make a hole and shake a litthe to drop it in medium hot oil, does the oil splutter/splash? 😕
RAKS KITCHEN
Thank you 🙂 No it wont splash as long as you drop gently from a safe distance(not too high or too low), all the best!
Janani
U have such a beautiful site raks.Its very difficult for me to log out.I will be all drum stuck with ur beautiful.Love ur site.
chendurpriya
nice vada, can i refrigerate the batter and use next day!
Tina
Hi, your vada looks very crispy and light. Did you add rice flour to make it so?
RAKS KITCHEN
I haven't used rice flour in the vadas that is in the picture. Usually, if we grind the batter perfectly in grinder, it sure comes out crispy and light without adding rice flour. If you add rice flour, you sure get crispier vadas and the density also gets thick.
sunny
finally i made the crispy tasty vada, thank you very much, i am dying to make it for my mom
Clint Joseph
I made it...super...
avani motta
Hi Raks Kitchen... I tried your ven pongal and sakkarai pongal... just came out awesome... it was on the pongal day I made it. The ven pongal I served it with coconut + red chilli chutney! Just came out awesome combi. My hubby jus loved it! keep posting it! all the best!
nalini vijay
hi rak's it's nice vadai. it is very crispy & taste to eat.
Harini M
Vadai looks perfect and I just love your dark background in the clicks
Anonymous
Thanks for sharing your experience. Sometime Vadai become as a main dish for me when Vadai with coconut chutney and sambar are unbeatable, with in short time i would eat from 10 to 15 vadai at home, big vadai which are homemade.
Hi friends, may i ask you simple question? Because i am very anxious to know about. Who gave the name "vadai", since it exist from???
Ramu
Thanks Raks u r given very good insight.
Ramu
Thanks Raks u r given very good insight.
Sindhu Sharma
thanks a ton for this recipe....vadais are just perfect....
Pnrwnd
i like vadai
Anonymous
I prepared without asafetidia wat is it
Nasreen Basu
awful piece of information, I had come to know about your blog from my friend vimal, mumbai,i have read atleast 13 posts of yours by now, and let me tell you, your blog gives the best and the most interesting information. This is just the kind of information that i had been looking for, i'm already your rss reader now and i would regularly watch out for the new posts, once again hats off to you! Thanks a million once again, Regards, chakkara pongal recipe
Bartanwale Kitchenware
sambar with vada is my favorite
Supriya Surey
You have given not only the recipe and also the things which is to be avoid while preparing...this is helpful for the one who are new for cooking... Thanks a lot..
Preethi ManiK
Reqlly looks yummy . Thanks for sharing your wonderful post s here. Please continue the same. Congrats
Pamela D'silva
Rags the dishes are awesome cheers
Pamela D'silva
Rags I have visited ure page for the first time (since I now have time to cook 🙂 ) and I must say its awesome. The way u've explained the process in details is amazing and not to mention the pic's of the dishes they are just irresistible and mouth watering. Cheers to you gal. I was always confused on how the medu vadas are made as in the shape and now i know . Thanks so much.
Charulatha Sundar Rajan
Hi raks,
I'm making sambar vada for big crowd. Can I make them previous day and refrigerate? Will the taste get affected by this?
Raks anand
Sure you can do, you can re heat in microwave slightly to heat it up.
Sadiya Sayeed
Hi raks, you have an awesome blog. I have tried most of your recipes and they never disappoint me. I tried medu vada yesterday. They tasted yummy but they were not soft from inside.they were rubberish. What cud be the reason for that??
Raks anand
May be try adding little more water while grinding. If its too thick then this might happen
Janani Srivatsan
vadai looks heavenly
karthika krishnan
Hi Raji,
Mixie or Grinder?Which wud be better for vada.My mom says, if we use mixie, the batter will not be fluffy as grinded in a Grinder
Raks anand
Yes, mixer means less volume, use mixer only when you have a very good quality of urad dal.
v
i tried this recipe. It came out very crisp and wonderful. Thanks a lot for the recipe. Pls show how to make fruit pachadi (tomato and fruits), you know, like the kind which serve in weddings. and also, sojji appam. thanks once again.
Rismiya Nasrudeen
I tried medhu vada last weekend......it was tasty, crispy without using rice flour......I grinded I the mixie only.... thanx
Famidha Ashraf
Thank you for the tips.. worked perfect.
kumar
Hi, if batter became bitter what we have to do. thanks.
Raks anand
How did it turn bitter?
Unknown
Hi I have tried this medhu vadai today.it came out very nice and crispy. My husband and baby liked it very much. Thank you so much
Unknown
Hi I have tried this medhu vadai today.it came out very nice and crispy. My husband and baby liked it very much. Thank you so much
dogood
I want to make 40 vada s. Pl tell required quantity of good brand Ulaundu If i grind in grinder
Raks anand
Sri gold, udayam brand are good
Priyadarsini SumanSengan
Hi Raks, I have finally got vadas that were actually looking like vadas after 5-6 attempts!! Everytime i used to get like ulundhu boonda. Even if it tastes crispy n good i want to get the perfect shape.
My query: I grind the batter in mixie all the time. The batter sticks to my hand even if i wet my hand well. Hence when i make vadas i cannot roll it and bring it to perfect round. Is there any particular duration i should soak the urad dhal? I usually soak it for 4-5 hrs. How do u identify the dhal quality?
Raks anand
Use ice cold water to grind the batter. Grind in small intervels by using the pulse option. Try keeping refigerated before making vada. Hope this helps. Soaking time is kinimum 2 hours. Sorry I don't know any particular trick to identify hood quality dal.
Gomathi
Hi,Raks! Golden brown vadai is a dream recipe for me..when ever I try to make it, i could not shape the batter and mostly i end up in making mysore bonda(though it tastes equally good). I use mixie and it requires additional water for grinding it to a smooth batter, though I soak it for 3 hrs. Any tips for thickening the batter? Any specs in the urad dhal, like split or whole? I happened to use the split white ones..
Raks anand
As I have mentioned in the very first step, use whole urad dal and see the difference. Please go through the Notes section, sure it will turn out perfect.
orchiis22
Hi I have tried fr the first time..it came out well ..my hubby and my kid loved so much
Unknown
Hi, I have tried many of your recipes..And it came out to be appreciated by every one.Thanks for your wonderful recipes....I want to make these Medhu Vadas ....I have a Medhu Vadas maker ....Can I make Vadas in Medhu vada maker with this recipe?
Raks anand
Sure you can try the same recipe
Ramesh S.G
Wonderful. Making known the secret of cooking. Keep it up.
Meena Shreekanth
Thank you so much for ur recipes, I did this vadai today, outside was crispy , didn’t drink oil at all actually it was dry, only thing is when I made and ate immediately it was soft easy to bite but after little time say 15 min vadai became little hard while biting it, inside was little stiff
What the reason could be, it would be helpful if you can say the mistake I did so that I will be careful next time
Anonymous
Its looking really awesome. Thank you sharing.
Raks Kitchen
You can add little more water while grinding water.
Lk
Hi Rajeshwari,I tried ur recipe. I got so many appreciations from all my family members.. Good One!! Keep it up!!
Abi
Hi .. can the excess batter be refrigerated and use it on next day?..also for how many days will stay fresh in fridge?Thanks in advance..
Raks Anand
As soon as you grind batter, refrigerate the batter and take only required portion and salt and other ingredients. Maximum 3 days it can be stored.
Lakshmi Sundar
It was really useful for beginners with step by step instruction
Raks Anand
Thank you
Samaya
i was looking for little elaborate video while grinding, always its a struggle for me to grind with less water. Video was too quick on grinding part, rest looks like perfect! thanks for quick tips!
Raks Anand
I will sure try to add detailed video sometime soon 🙂
Pratheepa
Hi, happy Tamil new year. I tried medhu Vadai. After adding chopped onion, the batter becomes watery. What to do
Raks Anand
Happy New year 🙂 Make vadai batter more thicker. Remember adding salt and onion makes your batter more loose. So accordingly reduce water. You can keep refrigerated before grinding and use ice cold water or ice cubes while grinding. Smooth really fine with less water. Do not add salt while grinding. Hope these helps you next time. For now you can try adding a tbsp of rice flour or maida and make.