Monday, March 2, 2015

Ulli Vada / Onion Fritters

Ulli Vada 2

Ingredients(Serves 4 - 5):

Besan flour / Kadala podi --   1½ cup
Rice flour                                 --   ½ cup
Green chillies                         --   4 - 5
Red chilly Powder                --   2 - 3 tsp, adjust according to taste / tolerance
Onions                                       --   2 large
Melted ghee                            --   2 tbsp
Baking soda                             --   ¼ tsp
Curry leaves                           --   few sprigs
Salt                                              --   as required
Oil                                                --   for deep frying

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Preparation:

Combine the flours with salt, baking soda,red chilly powder, finely chopped green chillies, curry leaves and onions.

Add the melted ghee and mix well with fingers. Combine well till u have a crumbly texture.

Add few tablespoons of water and mix well that it forms a hard batter. Make sure not to add more water. The mixture will be hard and sticky and slightly hard to separate from your fingers.

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Heat enough oil in a deep frying pan. Drop a small piece into the oil and you should hear it sizzling as soon as you drop. Thats the test for the oil temperature.

Drop the batter into the oil to form small fritters. Hand works best, it will be hard to separate the batter with a spoon. Fry on medium flame until it turns golden brown. Flip to get the other side cooked. You can see that the sizzling almost stops when it is cooked on all sides and the fritters will be light brown in colour.

Remove it from the pan onto a plate lined with tissues to absorb the additional oil.

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Serve hot with tea. Or you can store in air tight containers to use later.

Recipe Courtesy: Sailus Food

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