Mini thayir vadai | Small Dahi Vada [curd vada]-How to make-Stepwise pictures

Cuisine Style: South India | Cooking Time: 20 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type : Snacks | Take with: Kara sev, kara boondi

Ingredients

• Urad dal – 1 cup
• Curd – 2 cups
• Sambar onion [shallots] - 3
• Green chilli – 1[finely chopped]
• Ginger – 1 tbsp [finely chopped]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring [finely chopped]
• Rava – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Sugar - 1 tbsp
• Oil for deep frying[apr.¼ ltr]
• Water as needed

For garnishing

• Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp [finely chopped]
• Red chilli powder – ½ tbsp
• Kara sev[omapodi] – 2 tbsp

Preparation

• Wash and soak urad dal for 5 hours. Then drain water & grind well or coarsely grind.
• Heat pan & boil ½ ltr of water.
• Take a bowl with curd, add salt & sugar mix well & keep it aside.
• Take another bowl add ground urad dal mixture, curry leaves, coriander leaves, ginger, green chilli, salt & rava mix well.
• Shape mini balls & deep fry. Then put it in hot water & immediately squeeze & place it in curd mixture. Repeat this procedure for all fried vada.
• Sprinkle coriander leaves, red chilli powder & omapodi leave it for ½ an hour & serve.

How To Make Mini thayir vadai - Step by step Procedure with Pictures

Soaked urad dal

Chopped shallots, ginger, curry & coriander leaves

Freshly ground urad dal mixture

Add chopped ginger, shallots, corainder & curry leaves

Add salt mix well

Add 1 tbsp of rava mix well & shape mini gooseberry size balls

Then deep fry till golden brown

Once fried take out from oil & immediately put it in boiled water

Leave it for a min

Take it out

Mini vada absorbed water

Squeeze extra water

Take a bowl with curd then add sugar, salt mix well & add vada

Repeat the process for all vada

Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves

Sprinkle red chilli powder

Sprinkle omapodi [plain sevai] & serve