Rasam Wada

Name: Rasam Wada
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For wada:; 1 cup whole white urad/ Dal; to taste Salt; 1-2 green chilli finely chopped; 1/2 inch ginger grated; As needed Oil for frying; For rasam:; 11/2 tbsp toor dal; 4 tomatoes; 1 lemon size imli/ tamarind (I used 1 tbsp aamchur powder instead); For rasam dry masala :; 11/2 tsp whole dry coriander seeds; 1 tsp cummin seeds; 3 red Kashmiri dry chillies; 8-10 fenugreek seeds; to taste Salt; For tadka (on rasam);; 11/2 tsp oil; 1/2 tsp urad dal; 1/4 tsp mustard seeds; 5-6 curry leaves

Jasmin Motta _ #BeingMotta @cook_12567865

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One more popular traditional breakfast savoury snack from South Indian cuisine. Urad dal crisp wadas are soaked in piping hot in rasam (soup) before serving.

Jasmin Motta _ #BeingMotta @cook_12567865

#week1of5
One more popular traditional breakfast savoury snack from South Indian cuisine. Urad dal crisp wadas are soaked in piping hot in rasam (soup) before serving.

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Ingredients

4 servings

For wada:
1 cup whole white urad/ Dal
to tasteSalt
1-2green chilli finely chopped
1/2 inchginger grated
As neededOil for frying
For rasam:
11/2 tbsptoor dal
4tomatoes
1lemon size imli/ tamarind (I used 1 tbsp aamchur powder instead)
For rasam dry masala :
11/2 tspwhole dry coriander seeds
1 tspcummin seeds
3red Kashmiri dry chillies
8-10fenugreek seeds
to tasteSalt
For tadka (on rasam);
11/2 tspoil
1/2 tspurad dal
1/4 tspmustard seeds
5-6curry leaves

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Steps

1

For wada.. wash and soak whole white urad/dal overnight.
2

In morning discard soaked water and grind in wet grinder to makesmooth batter. Remove in vessel. Whip urad Dal batter with hands for 10 mins for softness. Add salt, chopped chilli,grated ginger. Mix well.
3

Heat oil in frying pan. Drop small lemon size batter balls 8-10 at a time,in hot oil. Deep fry wadas till crispy golden brown on medium-high flame.
4

For rasam..wash toor dal. Pressure cook with chopped tomatoes and imli (if using) for 4 whistles. Cool and grind in mixer jar. Pour in vessel.
5

Dry roast coriander seeds, cummin seeds, Kashmiri chillies, fenugreek seeds to crisp golden brown. Grind in mixer jar to make rasam powder.
6

Add this grinded rasam masala powder in dal-tomato mixture. Add salt & aamchur powder (if using). Add water
to make thin consistency dal. Boil for 5 minutes.
7

In tadka pan add heat oil do tempering of urad Dal, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Pour on boiled rasam.
8

To make rasam wada.. At the time of serving add few wadas in hot rasam. Boil for 1 minute. Then serve in serving bowl. Relish Hot Delicious Rasam Wada.
9

TIP..only add vada in rasam at time of serving.. otherwise vadas will become too soggy if you put before hand.