Ingredients (Serves 5 – 6)
1. Whole urad dal – 1/2 cup (Soak urad dal in enough water for 4 – 5 hrs)
Crushed pepper corns – 1/2 tsp (Optional)
Salt – To taste
Oil – To deep fry
2. Potato – 2 small, cut into medium cubes
Onion – 1 small, cut into small cubes
Green chillies – 2 – 3, slit
Crushed ginger – 2 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
3.Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder – 3/4 tsp.
Coriander powder – 2 – 3 tsp
Garam masala powder – 1 tsp
4. Thin coconut milk – 1.5 – 2 cups
Thick coconut milk – 1/2 cup
5. Salt – To taste
For the seasoning
1. Coconut oil – 2 tsp
2. Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
3. Dry red chillies – 2 – 3, broken
4. Shallots – 4 – 5, sliced
5. Curry leaves – A few
Method
1) Soak the urad dal for 4 – 5 hrs and drain the water completely. Grind it to a fine paste adding little water, if required. Heat oil in a deep pan. Add 1/2 tsp crushed pepper corns and enough salt to the batter. Drop small portions of the vada mixture into hot oil. Fry them until golden and drain on to a paper towel. This yields about 15 small vadas.
2) Heat oil in a pan and add onion, green chilly, ginger, curry leaves and little salt. When onion turn light golden in color, add turmeric powder, chilly powder and coriander powder. Saute until their raw smell is gone. Add cubed potatoes. Mix well and cook for 1 – 2 minutes. Add thin coconut milk and enough salt. Cover and cook until potatoes are done at medium heat. When they are well-cooked, add garam masala powder, thick coconut milk and a few curry leaves. Bring to a slow boil. Add the fried vadas and mix well. Check for salt. Switch off.
3) Heat oil in a small pan. Splutter mustards, fry dry red chillies and add sliced shallots. When shallots turn brown, add curry leaves. Stir for 3 – 4 seconds and pour the seasoning over the curry. Cover with a lid for 15 minutes and mix well. This curry tends to thicken over time. Serve with rice, idlis or even chapatis.
Recipe Courtesy – Beena Nair
Yummy curry…love with idlis…
we make a similar dish called Bara’r jhal where the vadas are cooked in mustard. so many things in common and am loving your recipe.
This is absolutely delicious. I would love it totally 🙂
nice reccipe…never heard of this before
I love vadas, but usually with chutneys. Haven’t tried this curry before, definitely going to:):) Looks delicious!
superb…Tempting clicks..
wOWW.. Its just superb.. I have seen this but never tried to make it. Yours is tempting me 🙂 Bookmarked 🙂
Never thought of curried Vada ….. looks delicious !!
hmmm innovative…. all i know is dahi and sambhar and sada vada.. this i too will try…issh
ethu differentayya kootu curry analoo…njan try chiyyam!
absolutely yummy..
Absolutely deeeliiicious!!!! Innovative too 🙂
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
When i was staying in Chennai ,the cook aunty used to make this curry and we used to love it:-)
I have never tried it at home:-) Seeing urs i am reminded of the taste and i am soo going to make it:-)
We do this little bit different way.. but love this to the core..bookmarked.
This curry is my favorite,looks really tempting..
Looks delicious and yummy.. evde vada undaakkiyaal curry kku onnum baacki undaavilla.. athu angane thanne theerum 🙂
Looks delicious and tempting.
This looks yummy …wonderful curry …I loved it
this is very new to me…
I have got to try it out 🙂
i made it this recipe is 100% genuine and the curry tastes really yummy…its famous in Trivandrum.Everyone at my home appreciaated me for this vada kootu curry…:-)
Prathi,
Thanks a lot for trying and letting us know 🙂 Great to know that everybody liked this recipe. Wish you and your family a very happy New Year!!