Kurunai vadai recipe – Easy South Indian style vadai recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures.
Kurunai vadai as the name is new, I don’t know what it is called everywhere. During my childhood days, one of our very close neighbour aunty used to make this. Unlike ulundu vadai this vadai needs no exact shape.
Aunty makes this vadai on Diwali mornings and she sends this to our home around 5 am in the morning and that too in bulk always. Still, I can’t forget that taste. When the day I prepared this and had it, it gave me memories of my childhood days. Have you ever experienced that feeling?
Thank you so much Aunty for sharing this recipe and hope one day I will come to your house to experience those memories again.
Also check out arisi vadai, thavala vadai, mupparupu vadai recipe.
Kurunai vadai recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Idli rice
- 1 tbsp raw rice | sona maasoori rice
- ¼ cup urad dal
- 3 green chilis
- ¼ cup chopped small onions
- 3 tbsp coconut bits
- sAlt as needed
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Wash and soak the rice and dal separately for 3 hours.
- Drain the water from the urad dal and grind this into a smooth paste.
- Do not add much water while grinding.
- Sprinkle water and grind into a smooth paste as how we do for urad dal vadai.
- Grind the rice into a rava consistency.
- Transfer both the batter into a bowl.
- If making the vadais later, keep the batter inside the fridge.
- Just before making, add the finely chopped small onions, green chili, coconut bits and salt.
- Combine well.
- Ensure the batter is not too tight.
- If it is thick add 1-2 tbsp of water and mix it well.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- When it is hot, take small portion of the batter and drop it in the oil.
- Fry in medium flame.
- Flip on both sides and fry till golden brown.
- Take out from the oil and drain in the kitchen towel.
- Repeat for the rest.
- Kurunai vadai is ready.
- Serve with hot tea or coffee.
Video
Notes
- Do not make the batter too thick as the vadas will become hard.
• If it is too watery also it will drink more oil. Let the consistency be like urad dal vada consistency.
• Small onions will give a great taste to this vada so do not omit it.
• Also coconut bits give a fantastic taste too.
• Kurunai vadai is a perfect rainy day tea time snack recipe.
- Wash and soak the rice and dal separately for 3 hours.
- Drain the water from the urad dal and grind this into a smooth paste.
- Do not add much water while grinding.
- Sprinkle water and grind into a smooth paste as how we do for urad dal vadai.
- Grind the rice into a rava consistency.
- Transfer both the batter into a bowl.
- If making the vadais later, keep the batter inside the fridge.
- Just before making, add the finely chopped small onions, green chili, coconut bits, and salt.
- Combine well.
- Ensure the batter is not too tight.
- If it is thick add 1-2 tbsp of water and mix it well.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- When it is hot, take a small portion of the batter and drop it in the oil.
- Fry in medium flame.
- Flip on both sides and fry till golden brown.
- Take it out from the oil and drain it in the kitchen towel.
- Repeat for the rest.
- Kurunai vadai is ready.
- Note:
- Do not make the batter too thick as the vadas will become hard.
- If it is too watery also it will drink more oil. Let the consistency be like urad dal vada consistency.
- Small onions will give a great taste to this vada so do not omit it.
- Also, coconut bits give a fantastic taste too.
- Kurunai vadai is a perfect rainy-day tea-time snack recipe.
Looks so tempting.. we add soaked chana dal too.. thanks for sharing 🙂
It's 4 in the evening and these vadais look super tempting, just in time to have along with my coffee..
this looks like really interesting vadas… yum…
Yummy and unique vada preparation. Bookmarked to try soon.
Thanks for sharing.
perfect tea time snack..
We call this as punugulu..love this simple n delicious snack
Like this vadai, does not requires shaping like medu vada.
Yes..my mom made something similar on diwali mornings,but she used an appam chatti
simple snack
Interesting version and looks delicious.
this vadai is new to me..but it looks crispy and yummy…
Kids friendly snack………..looks crispy
looks so gorgeous and tempting..
Super vada. never heard of this wish to taste some 🙂
bookmarked
wow a change from usual vadas.. yumm
Looks too good..Adding coconut bites will increase the taste..
lovely
What is idli rice?
Idli rice is a type of rice we get generally in Indian grocery stores. We use it mostly for making idli | dosa
good recpie
nice vadai