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Poha Vada

Servings 3
Description
Delicious, easy & tempting vadas!
Ingredients
  • 1 cup thick poha (avalakki/ beaten rice)
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1.5 to 2 tablespoon gram flour (besan)
  • 1.5 to 2 tablespoon rice flour
  • 1/2 " ginger
  • 4 green chillies or to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
  • 3 tablespoons mint leaves (pudina, torn)
  • 1/8 teaspoon hing (asafoetida)
  • salt to taste
  • oil to deep fry
    • To serve
  • coconut or mint chutney
  • tomato ketchup
Instructions
  1. Wash poha. Soak in water for 5 to 10 mins till soft. Drain.
  2. Chop onions and green chillies. Finely chop ginger.
  3. In a mixing bowl put poha and remaining ingredients (except oil) and mix and mash well. If too wet can add more besan or rice flour. If too dry sprinkle a little water. Mix and make a soft dough.
  4. Heat oil to deep fry. Shape the dough into lemon size balls and flatten a bit. Deep fry in hot oil till golden brown and crisp.
Note
Can add 1-2 tsp curd when mixing the dough.
Can substitute mint leaves with coriander leaves.
Read it online: https://prathiruchi.com/recipe/poha-vada/