Chettinad Beetroot Vadai Recipe(How to make Masala Vadai in Airfyer)
 
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Beetroot Vadai recipe, How to make Masala vadai in an Air Fryer.
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • ½ cup chana dal
  • 1 medium-sized onion
  • 100g beetroot grated or processed
  • 1 green chili finely chopped
  • mint leaves, curry leaves
  • ½ tsp salt
Instructions
  1. Wash and soak ½ cup chana dal, for 2 hours or min 1 hour.
  2. After 2 hours, drain the water completely and rest in the stainer itself for 5 mins(make sure the water all completely drained)
  3. Grind the dal to a coarse paste without adding water(i just processed the dal in the processor). Few dal as a whole here and there should be fine which gives crisp texture.
  4. Then transfer the mixture to a bowl.
  5. Take 100g beets, add them to a mix of processor mince it, or grate. Transfer beets to the dal bowl, add chopped onion(garlic I skipped), mint leaves, finally add salt, mix well.
  6. Take a small portion, shape them like a ball, and slightly flatten it.
  7. Arrange them in an air fryer basket. fry it for 15 mins at 180 degrees celsius. At 7 mins open the basket flip the other side and fry again. Once 15 mins finish open the basket and see the vada turned out crispy, if not keep few more mins and fry.
  8. For Deep Frying, Heat oil in a Kadai, check if the oil is ready by adding a pinch if it rises immediately then the oil is ready. Add a few vada in batches.
  9. Deep fry them till golden brown, turning over both sides. Drain it and serve hot.
Notes
Frying time differs depends upon the air fryer. Some airfrer fry very fast some takes time. So set the time accordingly.
Whatever Air fryer you use, just open and see the basket every 5 mins so that we come to know how many more mins it needs to fry
Recipe by Prema's Culinary at https://premasculinary.com/2021/04/beetroot-masala-vadai-recipe.html