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Vazhaipoo vadai recipe (Vazhaipoo vadai)

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Vazhaipoo-vadai-recipe
  I rarely make vazhaipoo vadai, most of the times I make vazhaipoo poriyal. Usually, for making vazhaipoo vadai, the mixture is ground bit smoother than we do for the masala vada, but I do grind more coarse as I like that way. You can adjust this as per your preference. But its yummy both ways and that’s really what counts right?

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      If I make vadai, I only make with 3/4 th or 1/2 of the banana blossom. So out of laziness to use the vazhai poo in two halves, I most of the time make poriyal. This vadai just might be me and my hubby’s favourite though next to poriyal as it is a healthier choice.

Vazhaipoo Vadai recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Breakfast
Prep Time: 4 hrs Including soaking time    |  Cook time: 30 mins    |  Makes: 15

Click here to read vazhaipoo vadai in tamil

Ingredients

Vazhai poo,cleaned chopped – 1 & 1/2 cups

Channa dal – 3/4 cup

Urad dal – 2 tblsp

Raw rice – 2 tsp

Green or red chilli – 4-5

Fennel seeds or jeera – 1 & 1/2 tsp

Onion, chopped – 1/4 cup

Asafoetida – 1/8 tsp

Coriander leaves,curry leaves,Salt – As needed

Oil – For deep frying

To see how to clean vazhaipoo, refer here.

Method

  1. Soak dals,rice together for 3 hours.In blender, grind chilli, jeera/fennel first and then add the dal,completely drained from water and grind coarsely. (you can do it in two batches)

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  2. Then add the chopped vazhaipoo and grind to your desired consistency.

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  3. Transfer to a mixing bowl and add the chopped onion,salt,asafoetida,coriander,curry leaves.Mix well.

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  4. Heat oil in kadai and make medium sized patties/vadai in your palm. Grease your hands with water.

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  5. Drop the vadai in oil and cook in medium flame. You can fry 4-5 at a time. Fry both sides until golden and crisp or until the inside gets cooked well.

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  6. Drain to paper towel and enjoy hot. Its very flavourful even when its cooled down.

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Notes

  • Make sure u don’t add any water while grinding. the water in dal and vazhaipoo itself will be enough.
  • If you grind smooth, cook in medium flame to ensure cooking inside the vadai.

Now go forth and enjoy the tasty vadais with chutney of your choice. I like it even as such without any sides.

VAZHAIPOO-VADAI

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Comments

  11. Radhika

    Nice pictorial Raji. I love them very much but now-a-days don't buy it due to lack of time in cleaning them. The second click is very nice. Which photo editor do you use? Damn good editing.

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  25. Pavithra

    This is my all time fav .. unfortunately I am not getting good vazhaipoo here .. I badly miss it. I used to make Vazhaipoo every week in some form cos we love this so so much. U truly tempted me..parcel some in one night shipping 🙂 🙂

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  30. Nags

    that first pic is probably my favourite among all your pics, looks gorgeous!!! 🙂 i keep planning to buy vazhapoo but never do thinking of the work required to clean it.

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  32. Cilantro

    Nice and crispy vadai, my husbands fav. His mom cooks the Vazhai poo and then grinds it with dhal I follow the same procedure and never made it this way. Next time will try your version.

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  52. manimozhi

    Hi raks,

    U blog is too gud…ur presentations are very nice…

    A tip to add this recipe is if valaipoo is used raw it will drink lot of oil, to avoid this cook the valipoo for 2 min and grind it, it will not take much oil. and u can add some coconut also when grinding, it also gives a differnet flavour

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  61. Benazir

    yesterday i tried this..really super..it doesn't show i m cooking first time vaazhai poo vadai..
    really enjoyed myself too..thanks for the recipe..
    keeping going..

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  69. Priya Ramkumar

    Nice idea of grinding the vazhai poo. I usually add it finely chopped and that would sometimes not bind well and would leave some disintegrated pieces. But today I ground it as mentioned here and could make better vadais than usual.

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