Green gram vada | Pachai payaru corn vadai-How to make-Step by step pictures

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, South India | Cooking Time: 8 to 10 min | To Serve: 3 | Type : Evening snacks, Vinayagar chaturthi | Take with :Tea, Curd rice, Coffee, Sambar

Ingredients

• Green gram [Pachai payaru] – ¾ cup
• Thatta payir [black eyed peas] – ½ cup
• Corn [Makka solam] – ½ cup
• Sambar Onion[Shallots] – 1 [finely chopped]
• Curry leaves – 2 springs [finely chopped]
• Coriander leaves – 2 springs [finely chopped]
• Coconut – 2 tbsp [chopped]
• Green chilli – 1 [finely chopped]
• Ginger – 1 tbsp [finely chopped, mashed]
• Asafetida [Hing] – ¼ tsp
• Fennel seeds -1 tbsp
• Dry red chilli - 1
• Salt to taste
• Oil – for deep frying

Preparation

• Wash & soak Green gram, corn, black eyed peas overnight. Then wash & drain water.
• Put soaked grains, dry red chilli, fennel seeds, salt & asafetida in a mixer jar& coarsely grind [don’t add water] then transfer this mixture to a bowl.
• Add onion, ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves, coconut & green chilli mix well.
• Shape balls then flatten & deep fry till golden brown.
• Serve hot with tea or coffee.
  

How to make Green gram vada [Vadai] - Stepwise procedure & pictures

In a mixer jar add green gram, corn, cow peas, salt, dry red chilli, fennel seeds & asafetida then coarsely-grind

Freshly ground green gram vada mixture

Transfer mixture to a bowl add onion, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves & coriander leaves

Add chopped coconut mix well

Shape & flatten vada

Heat oil put shaped vada & deep fry

Deep fry in medium hot oil

Flip over & fry both sides

Vadas turned golden brown

Green gram vada is ready to serve.Transfer to a serving plate & serve hot

Pachai payaru makka solam vadai