Sweet corn vada recipe
Crisp fried vada made using corn, chana dal and spices. It is best served with a hot chutney.
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Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- ½ cup chana dal (or bengal gram)
- 1½ cups corn kernels (fresh or frozen)
- 1 tbsp ginger paste
- 2 tbsp pudina or mint leaves
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves (optional), chopped
- 1 green chilli chopped
- 1 sprig curry leaves (optional)
- salt as needed
- 1 small onion
- 2 to 3 tbsps besan or chickpea flour or rice flour
- oil as needed for deep frying
For masala powder
- 1 inch cinnamon (or dalchini)
- 1 red chili (deseeded)
- ¾ tsp cumin (or jeera)
- ¾ tsp saunf (or fennel seeds)
For spicy chilli chutney (optional)
- 12 to 15 red chilies (less spicy, byadgi or Kashmiri)
- 3 to 4 garlic cloves
- ½ tsp sugar
- ½ tsp lemon juice
- salt as needed
- water as needed
- ½ tsp roasted cumin or jeera
How to make the recipe
- Wash dal and soak it for 1 ½ to 2 hours. Drain the water.
- Add cinnamon, red chili, cumin and saunf to a blender. Make a slightly coarse powder.
- Add half of the chana dal to the blender jar. Add corn as well.
- Make a coarse mixture.
- To a mixing bowl, add the other half of the soaked dal, blended mixture, salt, mint, curry leaves, coriander leaves, ginger paste and green chilies.
- Mix everything well.
- If the mixture is too soggy then add 3 tbsps of besan or rice flour. Give a good mix.
- Heat oil in a deep pan for frying.
- Make 10 equal sized balls.
- Place them on a clean cloth or greased foil, grease proof paper.
- Flatten them gently.
- Check if the oil is hot by dropping a small bit of the mixture. If it rises without browning too quickly then the oil is ready to use for frying.
- Gently remove one vada on to your fingers and drop it gently into the hot oil
- Fry them for 1 to 2 minutes without disturbing. Flip them and fry until golden and crisp.
- Serve corn vada with hot chutney.
Making hot chili chutney
- Soak the red chilies in water for 30 mins.
- Blend them with the rest of the ingredients adding water as needed.
NUTRITION (estimation only)
Calories: 323kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 159mg | Potassium: 501mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 270IU | Vitamin C: 39.7mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 3.3mg