Vada Sambhar with coconut Chutney.
You can have Vada Sambhar with coconut Chutney using 28 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Vada Sambhar with coconut Chutney
- You need 1/2 cup of toor dal.
- Prepare 1 of tomato.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of turmeric / haldi.
- It's 1 1/2 cup of water.
- It's 3 tsp of oil.
- Prepare 1 tsp of mustard / rai.
- You need pinch of hing / asaofetida.
- It's 1 of dried red chilli.
- Prepare leaves of few curry.
- Prepare 2 of green chilli, slit.
- It's 1/2 of onion, petals.
- You need 1/2 cup of tamarind extract.
- You need 1/2 tsp of jaggery / gud.
- You need 1 tsp of salt.
- You need 1 1/2 cup of water.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of sambar powder.
- It's 1 tbsp of ghee / clarified butter.
- It's of FOR VADA:.
- You need 1 cup of urad dal.
- You need 2 of green chilli, finely chopped.
- You need 1 inch of ginger, finely chopped.
- Prepare of few curry leaves, finely chopped.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of coriander, finely chopped.
- You need 1 tbsp of dry coconut / kopra, chopped.
- You need pinch of hing / asafoetida.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of rice flour.
- You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
- Prepare of oil for deep frying.
Vada Sambhar with coconut Chutney step by step
- Firstly, pressure cook ½ cup toor dal, 1 tomato, ¼ tsp turmeric and 1½ cup water for 5 whistle..
- In a kadai heat 3 tsp oil and saute 1 tsp mustard, pinch of hing, 1 dried red chilli and few curry leaves..
- Also saute 2 green chilli and ½ onion for a minute.Now add ½ cup tamarind extract, ½ tsp jaggery and 1 tsp salt. mix well..
- Boil for 10 minutes or till tamarind extract gets cooked well..
- Add in whisked dal and tomato. mix well. also add 1½ cup water and adjust consistency. boil well..
- Furthermore add 1 tbsp of sambar powder and stir well. add in 1 tbsp ghee and boil for 2 minutes..
- Finally sambar is ready to serve with vada or idli..
- Wash dal several times and soak in lot of water for at least 4 to 5 hrs..
- Drain the water completely and transfer the dal to a mixer grinder jar. If you have a wet grinder, you can use it..
- Sprinkle very little water. Next add salt and start grinding. Next scrape off the sides and then grind again..
- Whenever needed sprinkle only as much as 1 ½ tsps. Ice cold water evenly. Again continue to grind to a coarse thick batter..
- Sprinkle water. Grind again till the batter looks fluffy and white.Transfer this to a bowl. Aerate the batter by beating it with your hand in a clockwise direction for 30 to 60 seconds..
- Test the batter if it is aerated well. Drop a small batter ball in bowl full of water. The ball has to float meaning it is light. This is needed to get fluffy medu vada..
- If the batter doesn’t float well, means either the batter is runny or is not aerated well. Read the notes below to know what to do with runny batter. If the batter is in right consistency still it is not floating well. Then beat the batter once more..
- Add crushed pepper, green chilies and onions. Mix everything well..
- Heat oil in a deep heavy bottom kadai or pan on a medium heat till hot enough. Drop a small amount of batter to check if the oil is hot. The batter raises if the oil is hot enough..
- Dip your fingers in water or oil to moisten your fingers. Water should not be dripping..
- Take small portions of batter. Shape to a ball, slightly flatten with thumb. Dip the thumb in water, again no dripping water. Make a hole in the center..
- Gently slide the vada in the hot oil by gently shaking off the fingers. Or place the ball on a greased sheet. Flatten it slightly and make a hole in the centre..
- If the oil becomes too hot, regulate the flame to medium. Moisten your fingers again. Lift the corner part of the sheet and transfer the vada on to your fingers. Then drop it just by shaking your fingers. Fry medu vada till they turn golden on both sides..
- Make them and fry them in batches till you use up all the batter. In between every batch, wait till the oil heats up, if not hot..
- Serve medu vada with chutney or sambar..
