snack or with rice as a side dish too.Taste's good with Curd rice and Ghee rice.| Ingredients-1 | |
|---|---|
| 2 nos | Beetroot (medium size) |
| 2 nos | Onions(chopped finely) |
| 5 stks | Coriander leaves (chopped ) |
| 2 stks | Curry leaves (chopped) |
| 3 cup | Oil (for deep frying) |
| Ingredients-2 | |
|---|---|
| ½ cup | Channa dhal |
| ½ cup | Tur dhal |
| 4 nos | Red chillies |
| 1 T | Fennel seeds |
| 1 T | Cumin seeds |
| 2 inch | Ginger |
| ¼ tsp | Asafoetida powder |
| 1 tsp | Salt (as per taste) |
Instructions
1.Soak the Dhal(Channa dhal and Tur dhal) in water for 2-3hrs.Grind all the ingredients from table-2(Ingredients are shown in the above picture)along with salt to a slightly coarse batter adding minimal water if required.
2.Grate the beetroots using a cheese grater or a normal grater.After grating,squeeze out the water from the grated beetroots to the maximum extent possible.The squeezed extract can be used for making soups if preferred ,without wasting.
3.Chop the onions,coriander leaves and curry leaves to a fine consistency.Mix all the ingredients as shown in the above picture(Beetroot,ground mixture from table-2,along with onions,coriander leaves and curry leaves).Check for salt and add to the mixture if required.
4.Heat sufficient oil for deep frying in a kadai.Take a small amount of batter(Shown above),squeeze the batter every time,to ensure that there is no water content in the mix, flatten it out in the palm or on a plastic wrap/sheet.when the oil is hot enough,drop the vadas slowly and carefully into the oil and fry until it turns golden brown in color. Drain the excess oil using a paper towel.
Beetroot Vadai is best eaten hot(straight after deep frying).Once it cools down it might turn a bit soft.The crispness of it can be enjoyed when it's hot.
Serve the snack with a piping hot cup of Masala tea!!!!
Good Luck 
Notes
1.After mixing all the ingredients fry them immediately to avoid excess oil consumption.
2.Do not keep the batter for a long time b'se in this particular recipe water keeps oozing out.
3.You will not get the vada consistency if the batter is watery.The moment you drop them in the oil they would break into small pieces.So pls enusre that the water is squeezed out completly.
Comments
12 responses to “Beetroot Vadai”
Hi Sivaramesh..
Thank’s for ur appreciation!!btw did u try this or in common U had mentioned soo..Not sure..Anyway’s if u had tried it pls let me know how it tasted
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Radha Arvindh
hi radha,
i tried and it was awesome!!! thanks a lot!normally i don t prefer beetroot….but your recipe made me to love beetroot…yesterday it came out well and i even tried soup from the remaining extracts…only thing is that it was nt crispy! I added 1 cup dhal for 1 beetroot…is that proportion wrong?
Hi geetha
Thank's for ur appreciation and happy to know that my recipe had initiated you to eat beetroot..that's really very very good.One cup of dhal meaning u had added( thur and channa) one cup for one beetroot is it?That's bit more but actually it depends upon the size too.Anyways depending upon the size u got to vary the proportion otherwise it might trun out to be a dhal vada instead of beetroot vada..This particulr recipe would remain crisp as long as it's hot but once it cools down it would turn out a little soggy so always try to consume it hot.I had mentioned this in the instructions too..Anyway's enjoy cooking..
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Radha Arvindh
hi Radha ,
yesday i tried ur recipe , it came out well .Thanks a lot 4 ur recipe , i always wanted my kid to eat beetroot, but she doesn’t this recipe made even my kid to eat beetroot…keep posting such nice recipies
cheers
revathi
Hi Revathi..
That's really nice..My kid is very fussy as far as veggies r concerned and especially beetroot b'se he hates the color of it..He often terms it as "bloody veggie".I tried my level best to make him eat but no point.Very happy to know that ur daughter liked it..
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Radha Arvindh
Radha,
Beet vadais turned out pretty good. Actually we weren’t home this evening and ended up having it for dinner. Good gracious !!! It was awesome. Followed the recipe exactly as mentioned with slight moderation to fit my schedule. Had no choice, but to refrigerate the dough this afternoon, without adding onions. Later this evening, brought it back to room temperature, added onions and deep fried. Lucky me to have you here for sharing such great homely recipes. Two thumbs up!! Hope to see a lot more.
Cheers,
Mullai
Hi Mullai…
Wow!!!! was so excited and happy to receive such great credits from an ultimate chef…I haven't tried refrigerating,especially this dough b'se my mom often tells me that such stuffs tend to observe more oil when refrigerated.Anyway's let me also try without adding onions to them.
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Radha Arvindh
Hi Radha,
I must say this is really out of this world. I didn’t know you can do wonders with beetroot. It goes very well with tea. I suppose you can serve it as pre dinner appetizer as well. Keep up the good work.
Caller…
Hello caller ..Thank's for ur compliments..Yep..u can serve it as pre dinner apperizer as well..Normally depends upon individual's preference.I love to have them with tea.Btw ur name sounds tooo different..May I know ur actual name pls.
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Radha Arvindh
very very nice
Hi Visitor…Thank's..btw may I know who is this?
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Radha Arvindh
Hi
Me and my hubby luv vadas..so i try different types of vadas..now this would be a new recipe.will try and let u know how it came.
Sadhana Raveen