Vada curry recipe | South Indian recipe| வட கறி | vadakari recipe | Side dish for idli dosai |

• Cuisine: Indian
• Course: Side dish
• Cook time: 30mins
• Prep Time: 10mins
• Soak time: 1 hrs.
• Serves: 5 persons.

Ingredients:

• For making vadai:
• Chana dal – 1cup( Soak in hot water for 1 hr)
• Red chillies – 8
• Hing
• Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
• Salt to taste

1. Take all these ingredients in blender and grind to coarse paste without adding water.
2. Heat oil in kadai and start dropping small small vadai .
3. Fry both sides to brown.
4. Transfer to plate and cool down.
5. Now break in to small piece and set aside.

• For making the curry:
• Onions – 1 medium size chopped
• Tomatoes – 1 medium size chopped
• Coconut milk
• Ginger garlic – 1tsp
• Water
• Green chillies – 2
• Coriander leaves few
• Red chilli Powder: 1 tbsp
• Corainder Powder: 1/2 tbsp
• Garam masala: 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil
• Fennel and cumin seeds: 1 tsp(both)
• Cinnamon stick 1,
• Clove -1 ,
• Bay leaf -1

1. In a kadai add oil, cinnamon stick, cloves and bay leaf.
2. Add cumin and fennel seeds. fry for a min.
3. Add onion and saute until soft. Add ginger garlic paste.
4. Add green chillies, garam masala, red chilli powder and coriander powder. Mix well.
5. Add tomatoes and cook till mushy.
6. If needed add 1/2 cup water.
7. Add 1/2 cup coconut milk and 1 cup water and salt.
8. After 5 mins add the broken vadai and allow them to boil.
9. Add coriander leaves and turn off the flame.
10. Serve with hot idly or dosai.

Note: You can also steam instead the deep frying the vada. For best taste use previous day leftover vadas.