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Cabbage Vada Recipe

Yields1 ServingPrep Time10 minsCook Time15 minsTotal Time25 mins

Cabbage vada is an exotic Indian savoury known for its unique taste, its attractive golden colour and unmatchable soft texture.

cabbage-vada

 1 cup Urad Dhal
 200 g Cabbage
 2 Onions
 2 tsp Pepper Corn
 1 Inch Ginger
 2 Green Chilli
 Half Handful Coriander Leaves
 1 Twig Curry Leaves
 2 pinches Asafoetida
 Salt as Required
 Groundnut Oil as Required For Deep Frying
 Water as Required
 Quater Size Banana Leaf
Soak The Dal To Make Cabbage Vada Recipe
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To make cabbage vada recipe, take a cup of urad dhal and soak for two to three hours

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After three hours, strain the water completely and transfer the dhal to a mixer jar.

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Blend it into a thick fine batter by sprinkling water now and then.

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Not more than a few drops of water is required to blend it.

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After making a fine batter, transfer it to a bowl and keep aside

Wash And Chop The Veggies To Make Cabbage Vada Recipe
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Wash and clean the cabbage, curry leaves, ginger and coriander leaves.

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Chop the onion into fine pieces and grate the ginger.

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Grate the cabbage into thin slices.

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Tear the curry leaves and the finely chop the coriander leaves and green chillies

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Now add all these items into the bowl of vada batter.

Make The Vada Batter
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After adding the veggies, sprinkle the required salt along with two pinches of asafoetida.

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Here you add in

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two teaspoons of black pepper corns and mix everything well.

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Let the consistency be thick enough to prepare vada in the banana leaf.

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Let it remain for five minutes approximately.

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Meanwhile, get the oil ready for deep fry.

Heat The Oil
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Place a wok in the stove and keep it in high flame.

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Pour in the required quantity of groundnut oil into the wok.

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Let the oil get heated up for a few minutes and once it is heated, just check the temperature by dropping a pinch of batter into the oil

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If the batter pops up immediately it indicates that the oil is ready for frying.

Make The Vada
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Keep a bowl of water near the stove to soak you hands while making the vada patties.

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Take a quarter portion of banana leaf and wash it well.

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Place it in your left hand

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Take a small portion from the urad dhal batter and place it over the leaf in your left hand.

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Try to make a circular shape with a hole in the middle and make a patty out of it.

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Immediately, drop it into the hot oil

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Dip your hands in the water to make it smooth for making the next patty.

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Similarly prepare and drop in two or three more of them into the oil.

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Now adjust the flame to medium mode while dropping and alter to high flame while frying.

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The oil will start bubbling and after a while you will see the bottom portion of the vada being cooked up.

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Now, by using a jarini ( slotted spoon) flip the vadas to the other side

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Let the top portion get cooked up too.

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Let the top portion get cooked up too.

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After a while, you will notice the golden brown vadas getting crispy.

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Take them out at this stage using the jarini.

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Similarly fry the other vadas too.

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Adjust the flame between high and medium mode depending upon the requirement while frying.

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Place it over a plate covered with paper towel

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Now the crunchy cabbage vada is ready to eat.

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Serve it hot with coconut chutney accompanied by a hot cup aromatic filter coffee.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 100 g

Servings 0

Amount Per Serving
Calories 90
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 1g2%
Total Carbohydrate 17g6%
Protein 2g4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.