Beetroot Vada

Beetroot Vada is a quick tea time snack. It is a healthy and nutritious vada. kids also love this colourful and
delicious snack.

INGREDIENTS:

• Grated Beetroot - 1 cup
• Finely chopped Shallot - 10 nos or  Onion - ½ cup 
• Beasn Flour / Gram Flour / Kadala Maavu  - 1 cup
• Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tbsp
• Red Chilly - 3 nos
• Curry Leaves - 1 stem
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix chopped shallot,chopped Ginger, chopped Red chilly,Curry leaves, Beetoot and salt with gram flour/ Kadala maavu.
• Sprinkle some water to make a thick dough like parippuvada dough.
• Heat oil in a pan .
• Take small amount of the mixture and make a ball. 
• Flatten the ball in to a round shape using hand.
• When the oil is hot put each one slowly and fry both sides.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Black Coffee or Tea

Cabbage Vada

It is a quick and delicious snack. It tastes similar to parippu vada.

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely Chopped Cabbage - 1½ cup
• Finely chopped shallot - 10 nos or  Onion - ½ cup 
• Besan Flour / Gram Flour / Kadala Maavu  -  1½  cup
• Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tsp
• Red Chilly - 3 nos
• Curry Leaves - 1 stem
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix chopped shallot, chopped Ginger, chopped Red chilly, Curry leaves, Cabbage, salt and gram flour/ Kadala maavu.
• Make a thick batter using little water (like parippu vada consistency).
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Take small amount of the mixture and make a ball. 
• Flatten the ball in to a round shape using hand.
• When the oil is hot put each one slowly and fry both sides to a golden brown colour.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Black Coffee or Tea

Cauliflower Bajji

Cauliflower Bajji is a simple dish prepared by dipping the Cauliflower in the batter and deep frying it


INGREDIENTS:

• Cauliflower Florets - 20 nos
• All purpose Flour(Maida mavu) - ½ cup
• Pepper powder -¼ tsp
• Turmeric powder -¼ tsp
• Egg -2 nos
• Water -4 Tbsp (required to make thick batter)
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Beat the egg and keep aside.
• Mix Egg, Water,Salt,Turmeric Powder,Pepper powder and Flour to make thick batter.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Dip each florets in the batter.
• Put slowly it into the hot oil.
• Fry the bajjis until it turns golden colour.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Tea

Kinnanappam / Rice Cake

Kinnanappam is a sort of Rice cake cooked in steam.
The main ingredients are grinded boiled rice, coconut and jaggery.

INGREDIENTS:

• Parboiled Rice- 1 cup
• Grated coconut – 1½ cup 
• Cumin seed - pinch
• Jaggery - ½ cup
• Ghee - 1tbsp
• Salt - As reqd

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Soak rice for atleast 4 hrs.
• Grind Rice, Coconut and cumin seed to a batter(idli batter consistency).
• Add Salt, Jaggery and ghee to the batter and mix well.
• Grease some ghee in a pan (steel plate) and pour the batter into it.
• Steam it well in an idli steamer for 15 minutes.
• Remove it from the steamer.
• Let it cool for sometime and remove from the pan.

Recommended Combination:Kinnanappam can be served with tea or coffee.

Uzhunnu Vada

Vada is a popular tea time snack in souther part of India. It is made using ginded Uraad Daal with chopped Ginger, Green Chilly and Curry leaves fried in oil and served hot with Chuttney.

INGREDIENTS:

• Urad dal - 2 cups
• Finely chopped shallots - 10 nos
• (or Finely chopped Onion - 1 nos)
• Finely chopped Green chilies - 4 nos
• Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Soak urad dal for 5 hours.
• Grind Urad dal with little water.
• Add chopped green chilies, Shallot, ginger, curry leaves and salt and mix well.
• Heat Oil in a pan.
• Dip the hands in the water and take some paste and place it on the palm of the left hand and flatten it.
• Make a hole in the centre and Slide the Vada into hot oil.
• Fry till both the sides are crisp and golden brown.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Chutney.

Parippu Vada

Red gram is a protein rich staple food. It is easy to digest.
Parippu Vada is a deep fried snack.

INGREDIENTS:

• Red Gram or Toor daal - 1 cup
• Finely chopped Shallot - 7 -8 nos
• Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tbsp
• Red Chilly - 3 nos
• Curry Leaves - 1 stem
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Soak daal for 3 hours.
• Wash and Grind the Daal.
• Mix Chopped shallot,Chopped Ginger,Red chilly,Curry leaves and salt with Grinded daal.
• Heat oil in a pan .
• Take small amount of the mixture and make a ball. 
• Flatten the ball in to a round shape using hand.
• When the oil is hot put each one slowly and fry both sides to a golden brown colour.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Black Coffee or Tea