Uddin Vade

My daughter's absolute favorite. If only for her, i usually get it from a sagar hotel near my place and prepare at home only on special occasions. This time i prepared when i did hanuman pooja at home.

UDDIN VADE:

Ingredients:

2 cups urad dal
1 inch piece ginger (chopped fine)
3-4 green chillies (chopped fine)
1 tsp peppercorn (kept whole)
1 big onion (optional, i don't use onions when i keep the vadas as offering to god)
coriander leaves (chopped fine)
curry leaves (chopped fine)
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying.


Method of preparation:

1. Soak the urad dal for 2-3 hours.
2. Grind this to a fine paste without adding much water. The batter should be very thick, not of pouring consistency. (If you made the vadas immediately after grinding, it will be very crisp)
3. Take the batter in a large bowl and add the rest of the ingredients, except oil.
4. Now head the oil in a kadai, Now wet a plastic sheet/betel leaf/banana leaf on your left palm and take a lemon sized ball of this batter.
5. Flatten this slightly on the leaf and make a hole in the middle. Slide this gently into the oil.
6. Deep fry till golden brown on both sides.

Once you get the hang of this, you can make the vadas in your one hand itself without the use of the leaf, as mentioned in step 4.