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Idli Vada – Delicious Deep-Fried Ball

Name: Idli Vada - Delicious Deep-Fried Ball
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 3 Potatoes (medium, boiled & mashed); 1 tbsp Oil; 1 pinch asafoetida; 1 pinch Turmeric; 4 cloves Garlic; ½ Ginger (inch); Salt; 3 cup Rice (soaked); 1 cup Urad Dal (soaked); 3 cup Oil (for deep frying); 1 cup Onion (chopped); 1 tsp Sesam seed 1tsp; 1 pinch Red food colour (optional); 2 tsp Green Chillies

Kinjal Rathod
3 Mar, 2024

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4 from 3 votes

South Indian

About Idli Vada - Delicious Deep-Fried Ball

Idli vada is a simple and delicious deep-fried ball of savoury potato that's coated in idli batter. This soft and crunchy delight works perfect for breakfast as well as evening snack.

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time5 minutes mins

Total Time15 minutes mins

Served AsBreakfast

Recipe TasteSalty

Calories 1857 kcal

Servings 5

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Ingredients

▢ 3 Potatoes (medium, boiled & mashed)
▢ 1 tbsp Oil
▢ 1 pinch asafoetida
▢ 1 pinch Turmeric
▢ 4 cloves Garlic
▢ ½ Ginger (inch)
▢ Salt

Idli batter

▢ 3 cup Rice (soaked)
▢ 1 cup Urad Dal (soaked)
▢ 3 cup Oil (for deep frying)
▢ 1 cup Onion (chopped)
▢ 1 tsp Sesam seed 1tsp
▢ 1 pinch Red food colour (optional)
▢ 2 tsp Green Chillies

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Instructions

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Heat oil in a pan. Add the seesame seeds and green chili let them pop. Then add the asafetida and let it sizzle.
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Add onion, let the onion fry till brown. Next, add crushed ginger-garlic and saute it on low heat until it becomes fragrant. spices and red food colour.
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Add the boiled, mashed potatoes, and salt to taste. The potatoes should be very smooth, without any lumps in it.
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Mix well. Let it get heated through. The potato masala is ready.Once the potato masala cools, divide it into 8 portions. Give them a round shape or flatten them like patties, which ever way you like.
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Grind soak rice and urad dal in a mixer.
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Continue to fry on low heat until the idli vada is crispy and golden-brown.. Remove the idli vada on the plate lined with paper towel. Idli vada is ready.
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Serve them hot with some coconut chutney and tamarind chutney ketchup. Enjoy!
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Heat sufficient oil in a skillet. Dip each potato ball in the idli batter and carefully drop it into the hot oil. Do not overcrowd the skillet. Let the underside of the idli vadas set and then flip them.

Recipe Notes

Also See:

Healthy Vegetable Broken Wheat Idli Or Dalia Idli Or Samba Godhumai Idli
Traditional Idli Milagai Podi (Gun Powder / Idli Chilli Powder)
Poha Idli

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3 Comments

Aarti Rawt

June 2, 2019 / 5:28 pm Log in to Reply

This looks so good! Can’t wait to cook it.
monali tembekar

August 21, 2017 / 2:37 pm Log in to Reply

Thanks for the inspiration! Looks tasty.
Ankush Dhiman

June 7, 2015 / 2:54 pm Log in to Reply

Thanks for the inspiration! Looks tasty.

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