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Updated 7 May, 2024

Thavil Vadai / Thaval Vadai

Name: Thavil Vadai / Thaval Vadai
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 cup Rice (puzhungal arisi par boiled); 1 cup Chana Dal (thur and dal kadalai paruppu); 1/2 cup Urad Dal (cupand moongh dal); 2 spoons Curd (tb); 5 Red Chillies; 2 spoons Ginger (finely chopped tea); 1 spoon Green Chillies (finely chopped tea); 2 leaves Coconut (or curry finely chopped curry and tea each); 1/2 spoon Hing Powder (or asafoetida asafoetida tea); 1-2 tsp Salt (or as per taste); Oil (for deep frying)

Subhashni Venkatesh

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About Thavil Vadai / Thaval Vadai

Thavil Vadai or Thavala Vada is a South Indian Traditional lentils and rice based fritters made as evening snacks for guests or rather a holiday special tea time snack. Since it is made without onions we make it even on festive days. Hot Thavala Vadais with crispy crust and spongy pores inside gives mesmerizing taste with the flavours of ginger, green chillies and curry leaves....

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time30 minutes mins

Served AsSnacks

Recipe TasteSalty Sour Spicy Sweet Tangy

Servings - 5

Ingredients

▢ 2 cup Rice puzhungal arisi par boiled
▢ 1 cup Chana Dal thur and dal kadalai paruppu
▢ 1/2 cup Urad Dal cupand moongh dal
▢ 2 spoons Curd tb
▢ 5 Red Chillies
▢ 2 spoons Ginger finely chopped tea
▢ 1 spoon Green Chillies finely chopped tea
▢ 2 leaves Coconut or curry finely chopped curry and tea each
▢ 1/2 spoon Hing Powder or asafoetida asafoetida tea
▢ 1-2 tsp Salt or as per taste
▢ Oil for deep frying

Instructions

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Wash the rice well and soak them in water with red chillies. Mix all other dals together , wash and soak them in water.
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After three hours grind the rice and red chillies together to idli batter consistency in a mixie adding required water. It should not be very fine paste. Transfer the batter to a bowl.
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Now drain the water from the soaked the dal out and grind them to fine thick batter. Add them to the rice batter. Add salt, chopped items, curd and mix well.
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The Vada batter should be thicker than idli batter. It should be like the medhu vada batter consistency. Heat oil in a pan. Wait till the oil gets heated.
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Take rough balls from the batter with hands and drop them to the oil. Wait for 2 minutes and flip them off. Wait till the vada become dark golden brown on all sides. Serve hot with any chutney

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4 Comments

Ankush Dhiman

December 13, 2021 / 8:56 pm Log in to Reply

What a delicious idea! Thanks for sharing.
Sreeju Premarajan

September 15, 2020 / 3:40 pm Log in to Reply

This is exactly what I was looking for!
Saiyaara Kripa

February 11, 2019 / 7:19 am Log in to Reply

Looks so yummy! Excited to make it.
ravikant yadav

August 24, 2017 / 4:02 pm Log in to Reply

What a great recipe! Thanks for sharing.