steamed beetroot vadai snack recipe | steamed vadai
 
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Serves: 3
Ingredients
To grind:
  • Toor dal(Thuvaram paruppu) - ⅛ cup
  • Chana dal(kadalai parupu) - ⅛ cup
  • Dry Red chilli - 1
  • Aniseed/Sombu - ¼ tsp
For vada mix:
  • Above ground stuffs
  • Beetroot - ½ (grated)
  • Onion - ½
  • Asafoetida - a generous pinch
  • Salt - ½ tsp or as required
  • Coriander leaves - few
To Temper:
  • Coconut oil - 2 tsp
  • Mustard seeds/kadugu - ¼ tsp
  • Urad dal/ulutham parupu - ½ tsp
  • Chana dal(Kadalai paruppu) - 1 tsp
  • Onion - ½
  • Green chilli - 1 or 2
  • Curry leaves - few
  • Salt - ¼ tsp or as required
  • Asafoetida - a generous pinch
  • Turmeric powder - a generous pinch
To garnish:
  • Coriander leaves - few
  • Coconut - ⅓ cup (grated)
  • Cashews - 10
Instructions
  1. Prepare the vadai mix using the measurements specified in the above ingredients. Click here to see the vadai mix that I made for beetroot deep-fried vada. The same mix can either be deep-fried or steamed as below. Make small rounds from the mix and steam for 15 mins in steamer/idli maker(with some water in the base).
  2. Once done, open and transfer to a plate and let the steamed vadais cool down. Finely chop onion and coriander leaves. Slit green chilli and take out the seeds, if you want less spicy or serving to kids. Wash few curry leaves and keep ready.
  3. Cut each steamed vadai into 2 halves. In a pan, add 1 or 2 tsp of coconut oil.
  4. Once oil is hot, add ¼ tsp mustard seeds. Once spluttered, add 1 tsp chana dal and then in few seconds, add ½ tsp urad dal. Once dals slightly turn color, add curry leaves, slit green chilli and chopped onion.
  5. Add lil salt just for onions(vadai has already salt in it), a generous pinch of asafoetida and saute well.
  6. Once onions turn translucent, add a generous pinch of turmeric powder and saute for a minute. Then add steamed and halved vadais and stir well for a minute in low flame.
  7. Add chopped coriander leaves and ⅓ cup grated coconut. Stir well and top with roasted cashews.
Notes
1.If your onions are sweet, then either add onions with vadai mix or add while tempering. Do not add twice which will make the dish sweetish.
2.Nuts are optional. You can add roasted peanuts too. Or skip all nuts, if you want to.
3.If you don't like coconut, lessen or just skip. But, coconut-lovers will enjoy the coconut in this dish.
Recipe by My Healthy Kiddo at https://www.myhealthykiddo.com/steamed-beetroot-vadai-recipe/