Padmas Navaruchi

Maddur vada-spicy crisp

padmakmurthy

May 28, 2021

Hi Friends, HOW ARE YOU?

WANT TO HAVE SOME DELICIOUS, CRUNCHY, SPICY, CRYSPY TEA TIME SNACK?

HERE IS ONE, FOR YOU.

HOW ABOUT MAKING MADDUR VADA?

MADDUR VADA, IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS.

Let me first introduce this snack to you.

It is said that long back in 1917, A VEGETARIAN REFRESHMENT ROOM was started at MADDUR RAILWAY STATION, MANDYA DISTRICT. (80 KM FROM BANGALORE, KARNATAKA).

It is said that the cook used to make Idly and a few onion fritters, which used to take a lot of time and he accidentally, invented this snack, which remains crunchy and crispy for a longer time.

Thus MADDUR VADA CAME TO EXISTENCE.

Whenever you pass through this place, you get a nice aroma of fried Onions and Curry leaves as the snack vendor passes through.

MADDUR VADA is a deep-fried flat poori type snack, made with a combination of flours such as Rice flour, semolina or Sooji, and all-purpose flour or maida, with onions, curry leaves, green chilies, a few spices, salt, and oil.

Many ways are there, to make this SPICY MADDUR VADA.

The basic ingredients remain the same, but the proportions differ, hence the Taste also differs.

Let us see the ingredients:-

INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING CRISPY MADDUR VADA

Table of Contents

Rice flour-1 cup
Semolina (Rava)-1/2 cup
All-purpose flour (maida)-1/3 cup
Onion-3-4 medium size (chopped)
Green chilies-8-10 (finely cut)
Curry leaves-a hand full (finely cut)
Ginger-1 inch (grated)
Coriander leaves-a hand full (finely chopped)
Oil-3-4 tablespoon
Turmeric-1/2 spoon
Poppy seeds-1 tablespoon
Sesame seeds (white)-1 tablespoon
Cumin seeds-1 teaspoon
Asafoetida-1 peanut size
Salt-1 teaspoon
Red chili powder-1 teaspoon
Water to kneed -1 cup or as needed

PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO MAKE MADDUR VADA

Take all three flours and sieve with salt, to mix them properly.

Peel and cut the onions into small pieces.
Cut Green chilies, Curry leaves, and Fresh coriander leaves.
Wash and grate the Ginger piece.
Take a big plate and put all the ingredients on it, except oil.

Combine all of them.
Heat oil to smoking hot in a small pan.

Now put in the hot oil and again mix it.

Now add little water and make a stiff dough. (because due to onions the dough becomes loose)

METHOD OF FRYING THE TEA TIME SNACK MADDUR VADA

Heat a frying pan and put oil to deep fry the snack.

Meanwhile, make lime-sized balls of dough and flatten them on the palm with the help of your fingers or you can also do this on butter paper.

Do not make it very thin (it becomes brittle). At the same time if too thick it may become soft after frying.
Vada must be evenly thick.
When the oil is hot, reduce the heat to medium heat and put 2-3 flattened vadas into the oil.