Monday 13 May 2019

Urad dal badi || masala urad dal badi || minapa vadiyalu sun dried lentel crispies

Urad dal badi  in Odia is also known as Minapa vadiyalu in Telugu, skin less black gram crispies in English. Minapa vadiyalu is very popular sun dried crispies prepared in every house holds during summer season in South & North India. Vadiyalu is nothing but sun dried crispies prepared using cereals, lentils, rice, tapioca / saggubiyyam, veggies etc., some popular Andhra crispies are Minapa Vadiyalu, Pesara vadiyalu, saggubiyyam vadiyalu, appadalu, manjiga mirapakayalu, gummadikaya vadiyalu etc.,

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 In Odisha these badi's are used along with green leafy vegetables. In Andhra and in some other places of South India these vadiyalu are used to prepare pulusu and in curries. Summer is the correct time to prepare these vadiyalu. We can store it in air tight container and use it for full year. Just shallow / deep fry it in oil and use it in curries or you can have it as it is. Today I am posting masala minapa vadiyalu which is spicy and crunchy. We can have it with dal, sambar, rasam or curd rice. 



   I prepared saggubiyyam vadiyalu many times but this minapa vadiyalu is my first attempt. The main thing to remember is we have to grind batter thickly with very very little water just like for medhu wada. While frying these minapa vadiyalu you will get very aromatic flavour which I love alot 😍.we have to keep these vadiyalu on plastic sheet or on cotton cloth by keeping weights on all sides, also need place on terrace/balcony. Though I have  place on terrace, lots of monkeys will come and sit so I am not able to keep these in large quantity.

Let's start recipe. 

              Urad dal badi

Preparation time : 5 hrs
Cooking time : 15 min
To dry - 2 to 3 days
Serves - 20 people
Category : Condiments 
Recipe Cuisine: Andhra, Odisha
Main ingredient: Urad dal
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

Urad dal - 1 glass
Green  chillies - 5
Ginger - 2  inch
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Hing - 1/2 tsp
Salt as per taste
Oil - 3 tsp 

Instructions

1) Clean urad dal 2 times in water and soak in for 5 to 6 hrs in enough water. Later drain out water completely and clean it again in water. 



2) Now add cumin seeds, green chilli and ginger to the above  



3) Grind the above to smooth paste by adding very very little amount of water if need and take it into bowl. Now add salt and hing to the urad dal batter and mix everything well. 




3) Now take 1 bowl of water and arrange polythene cover or cotton cloth on terrace/ balcony. I use cotton cloth on steel plate. And 2 large cotton plates. 



4) Now wet your hand in water and take some batter on your second and middle fingers and drop small dumpling with thumd on cover/cloth/plate. 



5) Continue the same for remaining  batter as shown below. Check my 1st, 2nd and 3rd attempt of dumpling vadiyalu  😂. The shape came perfectly on my last attempt 😍. 





6) Sun dry the above urad dal dumplings for 2 to 3 days. Badi's will come out easily without using any pressure on it, if not remove it gently. 


7) Make sure that badi's/ vadiyalu dried well then store it in air tight container. To fry these vadiyalu heat 3 tsp of oil in pan add sun dried badi's. 


8) Fry till it changes color all sides. 



 That's it crunchy and tasty urad dal masala badi is ready. You can have it as snack or use it in curries. 



Tips

** Soaking urad dal for more time will gives very bad odor. 

** You can add chilli--ginger paste and cumin seeds separately after grinding batter. 

** You can also prepare plain urad dal badi, but masala urad dal tastes good.

** Grind batter smoothly and thickly. Donot add more water while grinding batter. 

** we can prepare large or small size badi's . 

** Wet your hands while dropping dumplings. At the same time be careful that are not pouring water in batter. 

** Store minapa vadiyalu in air tight container, so that we can use it for long time. 

** Make sure that badi's are dried properly. 

** Depending on the place you decide on which you have it keep badi's. 

** You can also apply pinch of oil on plate so that badi's will come out easily. Vadiyalu will fall down from plate or come out easily if it dried on full heat. 

Taking this traditional, summer special urad dal masala badi's to the #195th #FoodieMondayBlogHop where the theme for the week is #ThirdLetterMagic where this theme is suggested by Amrita . Do checkout her blog for wonderful recipes. As per theme, we have to prepare dish beginning from the third letter of our name. As my name is Aruna third letter of my name is "u" so I prepared this urad dal masala badi's. 
Also check some chutney recipes by clicking the link below pic. 


           Mango bisi uppinakay


   Nagaland - Pumpkin Oambal


                 Ugadi Pachadi


                Green chutney


           Green tomato chutney




        Guntur Dosakaya Pachadi


                 Brinjal chutney


           Kobbari perugu pachadi




      Coriander Tomato chutney



                        Coconut Chutney


   Raw Mango Moong dal chutney

             Pudina coconut chutney


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Saturday 11 May 2019

Baby Corn Manchurian, How to prepare baby corn manchurian at home easily

Baby corn Manchurian dry version with step by step pics and tips. Baby corn manchurian is very crispy and tasty starter/ snack item. As manchurian is very friendly recipe to kids, lets make them healthy by preparing this manchurian at home without adding any food colors and preservatives. Baby corn is also very healthy, it help in promoting growth in kids by providing essential minerals. Helps in controlling diabetics, preventing anemia. After preparing Baby corn fritters, some baby corn are left in my fridge, so thought to prepare this manchurian. For sauce I used, tomato ketchup, schezwan chutney, soya sauce and green chilli sauce. 


 I used corn flour and rice flour instead of maida to make it more healthy. Right now spring onions are not available here so I did not added it. This baby corn manchurian preparation is bit same as Cabbage Manchurian, today I added schezwan chutney as extra. I am not cooking baby corn as it become too smooth and do not give crispy taste. 

Let's start recipe.. 

            Baby Corn Manchurian 

Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cook Time : 20  minutes
Serves : 2
Category : Snacks/Starters
Recipe Cuisine: Indo-Chinese
Main ingredients : Baby corn
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients 

To prepare baby corn fries

Baby corn - 6
Corn flour - 3 tsp
Rice flour - 2 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Water - few drops

To prepare sauce

Butter / oil - 2 tsp 
Garlic - 2
Onion - 1 
Capsicum - 1/2
Tomato ketchup - 1 tsp
Soya sauce - 1/2 tsp
Schezwan chutney - 1 tsp
Green chilli sauce - 1 tsp
Corn flour - 1/2 tsp
Salt as per taste

Others

Lemon - 1/2 piece
Green chilli - 2

Instructions

1)  Remove baby corn outer skin and its silky hair. 


2) Cut the baby corn according to Ur wish or as shown below. 



3) Take the above in a bowl, add corn and rice flour to it. 


4) Add salt and red chilli powder to the above and saute everything well, without adding water at first. 



5) Now sprinkle some water and mix everything once, just a coat to baby corn. 

6) Heat oil in a Kadai, drop masala coated baby corn in oil each piece separately and fry till it changes color and become crispy. 


7) Repeat the process and keep it aside. Now chop onion and capsicum roughly, garlic into small pieces and keep sauce ready. 



8) Heat a pan by adding Butter / oil  then add chopped garlic, fry it on high flames. 


9) Now add onions, fry it high flames for a second. 


10) Then add capsicum, salt fry it it becomes bit smooth on High flames. 


11) Now add tomato ketchup, schezwan chutney, soya sauce and green chilli sauce to the above. 


12) Saute the above well immediately. Add 1/2 tsp of corn flour into 1/4 cup of water and mix it well. 



13) Add the above corn flour into prepared sauce and mix it well. 



14) Now add fried baby corn pieces to the above prepared sauce and give it quick saute on high flames. 


That's it crunchy, yummy and mouth watering baby corn manchurian is ready. Garnish it  with spring onion greens if available, onions and lemon. Serve this to your kids and enjoy your summer holidays😍❤️. 



Note

* You can use spring onion greens and whites if available. 

* Adjust flours, spices according to Ur taste and quantity. 

* You can also use maida for binding. 

Tips

** I d't prefer boiling baby corn as it will become smooth and loose its crunchy. 

** Just sprinkle some water to coat flour to baby corn. It will make baby corn crispy for long time. 

** As we have salt in sauces  add salt accordingly. 

** To make sauce thick we use corn flour mix. 

** Though fried corn flour stay crispy for sometime, recommended to serve manchurian immediately after preparation. 

Also check other snack/starter recipes by clicking link below pic


               Baby corn fritters


          Dry cabbage manchurian

                          Paneer Tikka


           Rava / Semolina Pizza



          Veg chow mein noodles



        Star Gooseberry masala


 


                                     Paneer pinwheels



                      Matar fry

                   Pepper sev


               Vaamu Aaku bajji

               Corn flakes chivda

                     Bhakarwadi


                        French Fries

                     Masala Peanut chaat

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ArunaSaraschandra 😄