Vada Bhat

Nagpuri Vadabhat in Marathi

Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 3

Ingredients:
:::::For Vadas:::: (Read tip no. 1)
1/4 cup Chana dal
2 to 3 tbsp Matki dal (or whole)
2 tbsp urad dal
2 tbsp tovar dal
2 tbsp masoor dal
2 mung dal
7 to 8 garlic cloves
7 to 8 green chilies
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/4 cup cilantro, finely chopped
salt to taste
1.5 cups oil to fry vadas (use medium or small kadai)
::::For Rice::::
1 cup Rice
1.5 cups water
1/2 tsp salt
::::For tempering:::: (do read tip number 5)
4 tbsp oil
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp hing
2 pinches turmeric powder
4 to 5 dried red chilies

Method:
1) Soak all dals in warm water for minimum 3 hours. After soaking for 3 hours put dals into a strainer. Drain all the water. Put dals into a mixer. Also add cumin seeds, green chilies, garlic cloves and salt. Grind without adding water.
2) Wash rice. Add 1.5 cups water and salt. Pressure cook upto 3 whistles.
3) Heat oil into a kadai. Flame should be on medium. Add cilantro and mix well. Add spoonful portions of batter into hot oil. Likewise fry all the vadas.
4) Heat 4 tbsp oil into a small tadka pan. Once oil is hot, turn off the heat. Add mustard seeds, hing, turmeric powder and broken red chilies.
5) Serve the cooked rice into 3 serving plates. Also serve 3 to 4 vadas for each person. Crumble and sprinkle over rice. Add hot tadka as required.
Serve vada bhat with buttermilk kadhi.

Tips:
1) You can change the proportion of dals. If matki dal is not available, then use whole matki. Whole matki needs 5 to 6 hours of soaking.
2) I used mung dals with skin on.
3) It is okay to use matki dal more than other dals.
4) Another method of making wadas - Wash and dry dals by spreading them on a clean cloth. Grind them in a grinder and make slightly coarse flour (For better result grind it in flour mill). Take 1 cup of this flour. Add 1 tsp hot oil. Add water and knead a medium consistency dough. Make flat vadas and deep fry.
5) Once you finished frying wadas, take 4 tbsp oil and reuse it to prepare tadka. This way, you won't have to use fresh oil.

Nutritional Info: Per Serving (total 3 servings)
Calories: 567 | Carbs: 67 g | Fat: 29 g | Protein: 10 g | Sat. Fat: 2 g | Sugar: 1 g