Karamani vadai | Cowpea[Lobia] fritters-How to make-Stepwise 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

• Karamani [Cowpea, Lobia, Black eyed pea] – 1 cup
• Onion – 1 [finely chopped]
• Curry leaves – 2 springs [finely chopped]
• Coriander leaves – 2 springs [finely chopped]
• Coconut – 2 tbsp [grated]
• Green chilli – 1 [finely chopped]
• Ginger – 1 tbsp [finely chopped, mashed]
• Asafetida – ¼ tsp
• Fennel seeds -1 tbsp
• Dry red chillli - 1
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying

Preparation

• Wash & soak karamani for 5 hours. Then wash & drain water.
• Put karamani, 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.

Tip

• For more crispiness add rava.

How to make Karamani vadai [Cowpea vada]- Stepwise procedure & pictures

Soaked cowpea[Karamani]

Put soaked karamani, Dry red chilli, Asafetida, salt & fennel seeds in mixer jar

Coarsely grind

Add onion, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves & coriander leaves

Add grated coconut & mix well

Shape vada

Heat oil in pan then put shaped vada

Deep fry till golden brown

Perfectly fried vada. In this stage take it out from oil

Serve hot with tea

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