VADACURRY RECIPE | STARTUP COOKING
Vadacurry – the classic South Indian side dish for Idli, Dosa and Parotta. Set Dosa and Vadacurry is one of the most popular comforting breakfast for Tamil people. The crispy masala vada or left over paruppu vada is cooked in an basic onion tomato gravy is called vada curry. Well, it’s also known as Saidapettai (chennai) Vadacurry, especially Mari hotel is very famous.
Vadacurry is very flavorful and aromatic gravy usually served for morning breakfasts. Earlier in Tamil Nadu restaurants, vada curry is used to prepared with leftover vadai, but as years passed it became one of the main side dish and the taste was relished by huge crowd and now the people make fresh vadas to make this delicious curry.
This vadacurry is great for special occasions, festivals, pot lucks or any get-together. The whole process of this dish takes minimum 1 hour to make and cook only in low medium flame to infuse all the flavors. Follow my step by step photo recipe to prepare Vadacurry. If you like this recipe share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.
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VADACURRY VIDEO RECIPE
South Indian Breakfast
RECIPE FOR VADACURRY
Coarse : Side dish for Breakfast
Cuisine : Tamil Nadu
Author : Startup Cooking
Prep Time : 15 min
Cook Time : 40 min
Total Time : 1 hr 5 min
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INGREDIENTS
To Make Vada
- 1 cup bengal gram dal
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
- 1 inch ginger
- 3 green chilli
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Oil for deep fry
For Curry
- 3 tbsp oil
- 3 cloves
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
- a pinch of hing/Asafoetida
- few curry leaves
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 15 garlic
- 1 tomato
- fistful of mint leaves
- pinch of turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp red chilli powder
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- salt as needed
- 2 cups of water
- 1/4 cup coriander leaves – for garnish
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PROCEDURE
- soak bengal gram dal in water for 6 hours
- drain the water and add soaked dal in mixie jar, along with fennel seeds, green chilli, ginger and salt
- grind to a coarse paste and keep aside
- heat oil in a kadai, pinch a small batter and drop in hot oil and fry in medium flame
- fry the vadai till golden brown, then remove from kadai and drain the excess oil on paper towel
- heat oil in the pan and temper with cloves, cinnamon stick, fennel seeds, hing and curry leaves
- saute for few seconds and then, add finely chopped onions and garlic
- saute for 2-3 minutes or until transparent
- add tomato puree (or chopped tomato), mint leaves, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala powder
- mix well and cook for 4 minutes in low medium flame and cook until the raw smell of spices goes
- add 2 cup water and salt
- mix well and bring the water to boil
- once the water starts to boil vigorously, add fried small vadas
- mix well, cover with lid and cook on low medium flame for 25 minutes (stir occasionally to prevent the curry stick to the bottom)
- once the vada absorbs all the water, curry will become thick
- garnish with chopped coriander leaves, mix well and then switch off the flame
- serve hot with set dosa, idli, chapathi or poori
- taste delicious ????
NOTES
- adjust spice level according to your taste
- vadacurry thickens as it cools, so adjust the water level according to your taste
- replace water with coconut milk for more flavorful curry
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VADACURRY WITH STEP BY
STEP PHOTO RECIPE
soak bengal gram dal in water for 6 hours
drain the water and then add soaked dal in mixie jar along with green chilli, ginger, salt and fennel seeds
grind to a coarse paste
pinch a small batter and drop in hot oil
fry on medium flame
fry the small vadas until it turns slight brown
remove the vadas from hot oil and set aside
heat oil in a pan, temper with cloves, cinnamon stick, fennel seeds, hing and curry leaves
add finely chopped onion and garlic
saute well until it turns transparent
add tomato puree, (or chopped tomatoes), turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and mint leaves
mix well and saute for few minutes or until the
raw smell of spices goes
add water, salt and mix well
bring water to vigorous boil
add fried vadas
mix well
cover with lid and cook on low flame for 25 minutes
vadacurry is ready
garnish with chopped coriander leaves
mix well and serve hot
serve with idli, dosa, chapathi, appam, idiyappam
VADACURRY