keerai vadai recipe, how to make keerai vadai | spinach vada

Keerai vadai or spinach vada recipe with step by step photos – this keera vadai is a healthy south Indian snack and I made it as naivedyam during the Tamil new year 2015 along with Paal Payasam.

this vada recipe have no onion no garlic. similar versions of medu vada I have posted long back which we make almost for all pandigai.i have already posted an onion version of medu vada.

I have only used urad dal (black gram) in making this vadai, we can make with gram dal also. I have add the healthy spinach called sirukeerai in Tamil which is rich in vitamins. when I make medu vadai, I always soak the lentils just for an hour not more than that because it suck too much oil and will get soft and crispy when deep fried. These deep fried fritters are called as Keera Vadai or Spinach Vada, வடை in Tamil.

Do you believe if I say that I grinded the dal in mixie ??? Yup, I did. Do check the video How to Grind the vada Batter in mixie it will help to make the batter perfect. You can make it vada very quick.

whenever I prepare vadas, I will get the perfect donut shape. But if you find it difficult in shaping the vada, don’t worry check this video you can make it perfectly .

if you are looking for similar recipes then do check MILAGU VADAI(மிளகு வடை), Beet Root Vadai,Thayir vadai recipe|தயிர் வடை, Vazhaipoo vadai, Cabbage vada(vadai), Mysore Bonda.

lets start the step by step keera vadai or spinach vada recipe:

Soak dal at least for an hour in water and then grind it.Sprinkle water little by little and grind it, don’t add more water at a time. Take the batter in a bowl. Clean the fresh spinach and add the chopped spinach, chilies, ginger and salt with the vada batter, Mix well.Mean while heat the oil in a kadai.
Keep water in a bowl next to you and wet your hand.Then take little batter with the wet hand and flatten it.Drop a hole at the center.

Drop it slowly in hot oil.keep the flame medium to low while frying.
If one side become golden brown turn the other side and wait until it turn into light golden brown on both sides.Drain the oil and take out the vadai.If the vadai is very oily then add little rice flour,mix well and make vadai.

Spinach vada always has to be served hot as they are crisp when hot. don’t serve them when they become cold as the crispness is lost by then and served with coconut chutney and sambar.

keera vadai recipe, how to make keera vadai | spinach vada

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Prep time

1 hour

Cook time

25 mins

Total time

1 hour 25 mins

keera vadai - crispy fried donuts shaped dal fritters with healthy spinach. popular south indian snack.

Author: Premalatha Aravindhan

Recipe type: snacks

Cuisine: South Indian

Serves: 10

Ingredients

1 cup urad dal
½ cup keerai(spinach),finely chopped
2 green chillies,chopped finely
1 tsp finely chopped ginger
¼ cup water for grinding(approximately)
oil for frying

Instructions

Soak dal at least for an hour in water and then grind it.Sprinkle water little by little and grind it, don’t add more water at a time. Take the batter in a bowl. Clean the fresh spinach and add the chopped spinach, chilies, ginger and salt with the vada batter, Mix well.Mean while heat the oil in a kadai.
Keep water in a bowl next to you and wet your hand.Then take little batter with the wet hand and flatten it.Drop a hole at the center.
Drop it slowly in hot oil.keep the flame medium to low while frying.
If one side become golden brown turn the other side and wait until it turn into light golden brown on both sides.Drain the oil and take out the vadai.If the vadai is very oily then add little rice flour,mix well and make vadai.

Notes

Grind the batter by adding little water,if the vada drinks too much water adjust it by adding a tsp of rice flour into it.
You can add any variety of keerai(spinach),preferably murungai keerai and sirukeerai tastes good.
We can add the black pepper while grinding instead of adding pepper powder.
Fry it in medium flame so that the vada turns crispy and also it will not get burn.