Maddur Vada
Maddur Vada also called as Maddur Vade is a savory fritter (snack) from Karnataka, a South Indian State.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice flour
- ½ cup suji (semolina)
- ¼ cup all purpose flour (maida)
- 1 cup onion, finely chopped
- 3 green chili, finely chopped or to taste
- 2 tbsp tbsp hot oil
- 1 sprig of curry leaves, finely chopped
- handful of coriander leaves, finely chopped
- 2 pinches of hing (asafoetida)
- salt as per taste
- ¼- ⅓ cup water or add as required
- oil for deep frying the vada
Instructions
- In a bowl add the rice flour, all purpose flour and semolina and combine. Heat 2 tbsps of oil and add the hot oil to the flour. Carefully mix the oil into the flour mixture
- Add the onion, green chili, curry leaves, coriander leaves, salt and asafoetida to the flour mixture.
- Mix it well so that the onion releases some water. Set a side for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, mix it and add just enough water to form a slightly firm dough.
- Grease your hand with oil and take a portion of the dough and form a ball. Place the ball on a greased banana leaf or parchment paper and gently flatten it.
- Heat oil in a kadai and adjust the knob to medium flame. To check if the oil is at the right temperature, drop tiny amount of dough in to the hot oil. If the dough comes up slowly, the oil is ready to be fried.
- Slowly drop the flattened dough into the hot oil and fry on both sides in medium flame till golden brown. Do not rush, frying in medium flame helps in getting crispy vada
Notes
The amount of water required in this recipe depends on the quality of flours and the amount of onion you add.
Some also add finely chopped ginger.
If you are not fond of asafoetida smell, you can skip it.