Sambar Vada

Ingredients For Medu Vada

• • Split urad dal (soaked for 4-6 hours) - 1 cup
• • Green chillies (chopped) - ½ teaspoon
• • Ginger (chopped) - 1 teaspoon
• • Asafoetidas - ¼ teaspoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Black pepper (powdered) - ¼ teaspoon (optional)
• • Curry leaves (chopped) - 1 tablespoon
• • Oil (for frying) - as required

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Method To Prepare Medu Vada

• 1. Drain the dal add green chillies, ginger, salt, asafoetida and salt and grind to a smooth paste.
• 2. Mix well adding curry leaves to make it light and fluffy.
• 3. Heat oil till a drop of batter dropped in comes up at once.
• 4. Shape the dal mixture into flat rounds, make a hole in the center and fry, first over high heat, then over lowered heat till brown and cooked through.
• 5. Lift the vadas out of oil and drain on absorbent paper and serve.

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Ingredients For Onion Sambar

• • Onions or diced big onions (small) - 1 cup
• • Tamarind (soaked & extracted) - lime size
• • Thuar dal (cooked) - ½ cup
• • Sambar powder - 2 teaspoons
• • Salt - as required
• • Asafoetidas - a pinch

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Ingredients For Seasoning - Onion Sambar

• • Gingelly oil - 2 teaspoons
• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Fenugreek - ½ teaspoon
• • Red chillies - 2
• • Coriander leaves - a little
• • Curry leaves - 2 sprigs

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Method To Prepare Onion Sambar

• 1. Fry onions in oil till transparent and cook in thin tamarind extract till it becomes soft.
• 2. Add Sambar powder, salt, mashed dal and cook till it becomes thick.
• 3. Fry seasonings in gingelly oil and add it at the end along with asafoetida.
• 4. Garnish with chopped coriander, curry leaves.

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Method To Prepare Sambar Vada

• 1. Soak the vada in hot water. Add little salt in the water. Let it get soaked for 1/2 hour.
• 2. Now gently squeeze the excess water in the soaked vada, without changing its shape and arrange in the serving bowl.
• 3. Add hot sambar over it. Garnish with finely chopped coriander before serving.