Steamed Vadai Curry

Ingredients For Making Gravy

• • Onions - 3
• • Tomato - ¼ kg
• • Garlic (peeled) - 6 flakes
• • Ginger garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Turmeric powder - ½ teaspoon

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Ingredients For Grinding To A Paste

• • Coconut (fresh, grated) - ¼ cup
• • Green chillies - 10
• • Poppy seeds - 1 tablespoon
• • Cinnamon - 1
• • Cloves - 3

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Ingredients For Vadai

• • Bengal gram dal - ½ cup
• • Thuar dal - ¼ cup
• • Red chillies - 6
• • Aniseeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Onions (small, finely chopped) - ¼ cup
• • Coriander leaves (cut into pieces) - 1 tablespoon

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Method To Prepare Vadai

• 1. Soak thuar dal and bengal gram dal together in water for 1 hour.
• 2. Strain water and grind to coarse paste.
• 3. Powder red chillies and aniseed and add to grind paste at the end along with salt and blend well.
• 4. Add chopped onions, coriander leaves and mix well.
• 5. Pour this on a greased big idli plate and steam cook in pressure cooker for 8 to 10 minutes.
• 6. Allow it to cool and cut into medium sized squares.

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Method To Prepare Gravy

• 1. Slice onions lengthwise and chop tomatoes into very fine pieces.
• 2. Heat oil in a frying pan, add garlic, onions and fry till 1t turns golden brown.
• 3. Add ginger garlic paste and tomatoes.
• 4. Stir till it turns pulpy.
• 5. Mix ground paste, turmeric powder and salt.
• 6. Fry the paste for few minutes till pleasant aroma comes.
• 7. Pour 3 cups of water and boil for few minutes
• 8. Cut steamed vadai into pieces, add to the gravy.
• 9. Boil for a minute and remove from fire .
• 10. Garnish with coriander leaves and curry leaves.