Keerai vadai |spinach vada can be made with either urad dal or channa dal as we do for masala vadai too. I have nice memories of keerai vadai when i was first introduced to this when i was in 7 th std. There used to be one sweet stall near our house ,run by a mami and her son at their house and during week end evenings they make special snacks like bajji, bonda and one among them was this Keerai sweet. There used to be a board kept outside their house “Today’s special” and we though my mom makes yummy snacks at home we always crazily look forward for this weekend board from the “Ambiees Sweet stall”. One day they have placed a board named “ Keerai vadai” and we were new to this and immediately urged our dad to buy this one before this could get over. And it tasted awesome and couldn’t forget the taste.
So this is the first time i made keerai vadai at home and it turned out yum and stayed soft even after 4-5 hours.
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INGREDIENTS: (YIELDS 10 TO 14 VADAS)
| CHANNA DAL |
3/4 CUP |
| TOOR DAL |
1/4 CUP |
| SPINACH |
1 CUP(TIGHTLY PACKED) |
| FENNEL SEEDS |
1/8 TSP |
| SALT |
AS NEEDED |
| ONION |
2 |
| ASAFOETIDA |
2 PINCHES |
| RED CHILLI |
4-5 |
| CURRY LEAVES |
4-5 |
| OIL |
FOR DEEP FRY |
METHOD:
- Soak the channa dal and toor dal for 2 hours.
- Drain the water and grind this along with red chilli, salt ,fennel seeds and asafoetida.
- Grind them coarsely. You can add few spoons of water if u need while grinding.
- Add chopped onions to this and finely chopped and cleaned spinach to this.
- Mix it nicely with hands. Take a portion of batter and flatten this with hands. Normally keerai vadai is slightly bigger than the regular masala vadai.
- Heat oil in a wok for deep frying, when it is hot carefully place the patties to the oil. do not put too much in a batch.
- Flip it after few minutes and cook in a medium flame.
- Do not keep the flame too high, the inner side will not get cooked.
- Do not keep it too low also. It will make the vadai soggy.
- When it turns golden brown colour, drain this in a kitchen towel and enjoy hot with a cup of coffee or tea.
- We had some left over vadais which we had for dinner along with Curd rice.
Note:
- This vadai can be made with Urad dal batter too.
- For more crispiness add 1 tsp of ghee in the batter after grinding and mix well before frying.
looks so soft and delicious..
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it looks so yummy..will eat full………wow nice clicks.
Wow…this vadai looks very crunchy and yummy!
tasted and verified 🙂 was delicious!
nice n delicious vadai..looks yumm,we even add amaranth leaves in this vada sometimes.
Making it right away.I mean how can i not when the recipe and the pictures are so compellingly delicious?
Wow…Yummy little ones…Pass me some over here…Pics are so tempting…
Nice crispy vadas
nice recipe,never had this type…love to try it.
wow 🙂 amazing ! esp the last picture !
Lovely vadas to munch on.. nice clicks 🙂
woo nice vadas.. hv not tried these at home..bookmarked..
yummy n crispy vada… my all time favorite one… nice clicks akka… make me tempting…
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very very tasty n delicious
Love the phone in the background – so geeky!!!! and these vadai is looking so picture perfect!!
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Vj likes this version only, I have to still try though 🙂 Nice vadais
healthy and delicious vadai 🙂
Nice and crispy vadas. They are always my favourite
nice and tempting… looking very crispy and apt for teatime
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Awesome clicks. U are getting better day by day. Hot crispy vadas are always welcome
delicious and inviting
Looks crisp and wonderful. I just read Shanthi's post and yet another keerai vadai from you! That is reason enough for me to make these!
Looks absolutely mouthwatering!!
Nice vadai.Adding spinach is a nice combo.
keerai vadai looks so crispy and looks so tempting…
Love these vadais, awesome presentation and beautiful clicks..
Prefect crispy vadais, feel like grabbing some.
love keerai vadai, this looks very tempting…lovely presentation!
all time fav..yummy.
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Wow…super crisp..one of our favourite item..goes perfect with sambar rice and any mixed rice…
Thanks for sharing..Usha
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healthy twist by adding greens,yummy crisp vadai!!
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love the crispy outer layer. really awesome with hot cuppa.
Perfect vadas dear loved the clicks, superb as always 🙂
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Woww..this ;looks yummy…will definately try this .Thanks for sharing.:-)
Very inviting vadas…Lovely clicks
yummyyy
MMmm mmmm mmm I am way too tempted to eat this right away for this cold weather.
Hey!! Tried this vadai recipe today..It was great!! crispy and tasty!! Thanks a lot!! This combination of dals is perfect..