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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Bittergourd Vada(Pakarkai Vadai)

This Lentil Vada  is a mild-spiced,soft and flattened Lentil-bittergourd balls,deep-fried and served Indian teatime snack that can be served with tomato ketchup or Coconut Chutney.Bittergourd should be slit in the middle,seeds removed and soaked in boiling water for a min.Turn off the flame and drain the water after a min.This reduces the unwanted bitterness of the bittergourd.Then chop it coarsely and add it to the ground gramdal mixture.Don't serve this Vadai to guests cause Elders say that bittergourd reflects a gesture of bitterness.Enjoy ur teatime!. BonAppetit!.

Bittergourd Vada(Pakarkai Vadai)

Ingredients:

1 bittergourd - finely chopped coarsely
10 sambar(small) onions - finely chopped
3 whole long red chillies
1 cup split gram dhal(kadalai paruppu)-soaked for 40 mins
2 tbsp grated coconut
1 cm peeled ginger piece
1 tsp saunf
1/4 tsp salt
few chopped curry leaves
few chopped coriander leaves
300 ml refined oil

Directions:

1.Grind coarsely the soaked gram dhal with whole red chillies,saunf and ginger without adding water using a mixer grinder.
2.Take a bowl.Add the coarsely chopped bittergourd,saunf,chopped onions,grated coconut,salt,curry leaves and few chopped coriander leaves to the ground gram dhal mixture and mix well.
3.Shape them into round flat-sized vadas.
4.Heat oil in a non-stick kadai.Fry the Groundnut Vadai till it turns golden brown on bothsides.
5.Serve this bittergourd Vadai hot with coconut chutney or tomato ketchup..

8 comments:

  1. Never knew that , yummy vadas can be made with bittergourd. This looks yumm.

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  2. i use to make bitter gourd pakodas but vadai sounds new and yummy...vada looks crispy too...great recipe!!!

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  3. Yummy vadas!!!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  4. vadai with bottle gourd sounds soo innovaive..Cant wait to try it!

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  5. Great!I will definitely serve this dish to my relatives,lol.

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