Tamil Nadu

Keerai vadai

Name: Keerai vadai
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Tamil
Ingredients: 1 cup soaked urad dal (split black gram); 2 cups araikeerai chopped amaranth leaves; 1 small finely chopped onion; 2 green chilli; 1 inch ginger; 1/2 tsp crushed black pepper; 1 sprig curry leaves; 1 tbsp rice flour; Salt, to taste; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for deep frying, about 4 tbsp absorbed

Urad dal vadai packed with greens and black pepper. The vadai that sneaks in spinach.

40 minTime

11 gProtein each

mediumSpice

2hPlan ahead. Soak for 2 hours first; the 40 minutes come after.

Greens in the vadai3 chapters · 2 min read

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Grandma's wayAraikeerai from the market and a stone grinder batter.

The original

267kcal

11 gprotein

8 gfibre

40minutes

Keerai vadai as Tamil homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Urad dal (split black gram)1 cup, soaked

Amaranth leaves2 cups araikeerai, chopped

Onion1 small, finely chopped

Green chilli2

Ginger2.5 cm

Black pepper½ tsp, crushed

Curry leaves1 sprig

Rice flour1 tbsp

Saltto taste

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for deep frying, about 4 tbsp absorbed

Method

4 steps

1Drain the soaked urad dal and grind with chilli and ginger, adding only a few spoons of water, to a thick, fluffy batter.
2Fold in the greens, onion, pepper, curry leaves, rice flour and salt.
3Wet your hands, shape small flat rounds and slide carefully into hot oil.
4Fry on medium, turning, until golden and crisp. Drain.

Serve it like this

Serve hot on a banana leaf piece with coconut chutney.

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Keerai vadai

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Ingredients

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