Vade – How to make Malvani Vade

Preparing the Flour for Vade

• The rice should be washed and sundried. Ensure they are thoroughly dried.
• Dry roast all the ingredients like the urad dal, coriander seeds, methi and zeera. Then grind it to a fine powder at home or at the near by flour mill. Nowadays ready made flour / bhajani for making vadas is easily available in the grocery stores.

To Knead the dough

• In a bowl add 3 cups of the above Bhajani flour and add 1 cup of wheat flour.Add salt as required and knead a dough using luke warm water. The dough should be slightly stiff.
• Keep aside for minimum an hour. ( The more you allow the dough to rest the better however not more than 2-3 hours)

To make the Vadas

• Knead the dough thoroughly and make small balls and keep aside.
• Apply oil on a plastic sheet and some oil your hands too. One by one pat the balls  on a plastic sheet to form small circular discs .( they should be slightly thicker than pooris)
• Deep fry them in oil . Splash some oil on it for them to puff up and turn them and fry them until golden brown on  both sides.
• Drain them on a kitchen towel.
• Serve them hot with any gravy of your choice.