Rasam Vada

Name: Rasam Vada
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/4 cup Pigeon pea/toor dal/arahar dal; 1/4cup Green gram lentil/moong dal; 1 Tomato (chopped) –; 2 Green chillies (slit); 1 Curry leaves string; 2tbsp Coriander leaves –; 2-3 tbsp Fresh coconut chunks; 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder –; 1tbso rasam powder/saarina pudi – (adjust); 1/4 tsp Red chilli powder(which is used for colour); 1/2 tsp Black pepper powder; 4tbsp Tamarind juice – (adjust); 1/2tbsp Jaggery –(adjust); to taste Salt; Water – approximately 1&1/2 litres; For tempering :; 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds; 1/2 tbsp Ghee; 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds; 1/4 tsp Hing

Divya Suresh @cook_8942971

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Rasam vade/waday/wada/vada is nothing but, deep fried, disc shaped fritters made in soaked black gram lentil and soaked in a kind of thin lentil soup which consists of small amount of lentils, tomato, tamarind juice, jaggery and traditional spice powder mix called rasam powder/saaru pudi.

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Ingredients

4 to 6 servings

1/4 cupPigeon pea/toor dal/arahar dal
1/4cupGreen gram lentil/moong dal
1Tomato (chopped) –
2Green chillies (slit)
1Curry leaves string
2tbspCoriander leaves –
2-3 tbspFresh coconut chunks
1/4 tspTurmeric powder –
1tbsorasam powder/saarina pudi – (adjust)
1/4 tspRed chilli powder(which is used for colour)
1/2 tspBlack pepper powder
4tbspTamarind juice – (adjust)
1/2tbspJaggery –(adjust)
to tasteSalt
Water – approximately 1&1/2 litres
For tempering :
1/4 tspMustard seeds
1/2 tbspGhee
1/2 tspCumin seeds
1/4 tspHing

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Steps

1

Wash well and cook both the lentils in 1/2 litre of water and keep it aside
2

Boil remaining 1 litre of water and add in chopped tomato, slit green chillies, curry leaves, coriander leaves and coconut chunks and allow it to boil till tomatoes are little soft
3

Now add in cooked lentil mixture, saarina pudi/rasam powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, black pepper powder, tamarind juice, jaggery and salt and let it come to rolling boil
4

Mean while prepare tempering using the ingredients under the heading “for tempering”, Once the lentil mixture is boiling well, remove from the heat and pour the prepared tempering over it
5

The rasam/saaru for vada is ready to be used
6

Now place the prepared vada/waday in a serving bowl and pour the saaru/rasam over it and let it sit for five minutes and then serve hot, relish the hot steaming yummy rasam waday/vada