Karnataka Maddur Vada Recipe
This ‘Maddur vada recipe‘ is a Karnataka spicy snack recipe. ‘Maddur vada’ or ‘Maddur vade’ gets it’s name from the town ‘Maddur’ which is located in ‘Mandya’ district, Karnataka, a south Indian state. Maddur vada stays good to eat for 3-4 days. It is a wonderful snack item. It is a good addition to your picnic basket too. You can follow this maddur vada recipe to make them in your kitchen and enjoy.
Equipment
- 1 Mixing Bowl
- 1 Pan or kadai for deep frying
Ingredients
How to make maddur vada – Maddur vade
Ingredients for maddur vade
- Rice flour – 1 cup
- Maida / Plain flour optional- 1/2 cup
- Fine rava chiroti rava – semolina / cream of wheat – 1/2 cup
- Red chili powder – 1/2 tsp or more according to taste.
- Salt – 1 tsp or according to taste
- Onion – 1 cup finely chopped
- Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Green chilies – 2 or more according to taste.
- Oil for deep frying + 2 tbsp
- Curry leaves – 1 tbsp chopped fine.
- freshly grated coconut – 2 tbsp
- Hing – asafetida – 1/4 tsp
- A little water to for dough
Instructions
Preparation for making maddur vade:
- Cut onions in thin slices.
- Chop green chilies and curry leaves
Mixing Maddur vada dough
- Mix together all the ingredients except oil.
- Heat oil well in the kadai where you are going to fry vada.
- Add 2 tbsp hot oil to the flour mix.
- Knead to form a dough ball using very little water. Let rest for 10 minutes.
Shaping maddur vada
- Knead the vada dough well and form into small lime sized balls.
- Add a drop of oil on a plastic sheet or a butter paper.
- Flatten a round of dough into a thick round of about 2-3 inches.
- You can see in the image the process of making maddur vada after the dough is ready
- maddur vade making process
Frying maddur vade
- Once the oil is hot, keep the flame medium.
- Lift the flattened round carefully from the sheet and put in the hot oil.
- Fry on both sides till golden brown.
- Drain well and let cool completely before storing.
- Serve hot or cold. It will be good to eat for 4-5 days.
- Store in airtight container.
Notes
Tips:
- Maddur vada is a specialty snack from Karnataka. It is yummy as a tea time snack or a picnic snack.
- Keeps for a week or so. Very convenient.
- Adding more maida(plain flour) can make the vada go soft after some time.
- Adding more rava(semolina-cream of wheat) can make them crisp and keep them that way. So add more of maida or rava according to the way you like your maddur vada.