Aama Vadai or Channa Dal Vada is a popular addition to the menu for special festivals and weddings. It can also be a very good snack with coffee or tea.
For the second day of my post under the theme Traditional South Indian wedding recipes, I am posting the recipe for Aama Vadai. This vadai is again served during the Nichyathartham/Jaanavasam/maapilai Azhaippu evening. When talking to my mom, I learned that on any occasion when poli/boli is made, it is always accompanied by Aama vadai.
Aama vadai is the vadai made for all the Occasions like Kaarthigai deepam, Aavani Avattam. Sankranthi and wedding.
There is one wedding in my family that holds a special remembrance for me and that is my Mama’s (maternal uncle’s) wedding. My mama and Manni got married in my manni’s home town near Chennai. The wedding was one of the grandest weddings we have seen in our family. The maapilai azhaippu evening is something that comes to my mind when I think of their wedding.
My mama traveled in one of the large chariots and was greeted by an elephant that put garland around his neck. The travel team accompanied him all over the town and it was an evening to remember for all of us. I do not have any pictures at the moment, but I have asked them to send me some and I will upload it once I get them.
Also, something that we all laugh and enjoy talking about is how apt the videographer had recorded the scene. During the Mappilai Azhaippu procession, the videographer had inserted the song “Meen Kodi theril manmatha rajan OOrvalam pogindran” (Tamil speaking people will understand the song)
This was how grand the occasion was celebrated back in those days. Now days, all the wedding halls have a tiny temple inside and the groom just walk to the temple and then come back.
The only thing that bothers me when I am thinking of my mama’s wedding is that my mama was down with Typhoid and all during his wedding all he ate/drank was curd rice and Horlicks. We had a blast eating all the wonderful food though and talking about food, let’s go to the recipe.
Preparation time – 10 mins plus an hour to soak the dal
Cooking time – About ½ hr
Difficulty level – Easy
Ingredients to make Aama Vadai – (makes around 25 small vadais)
- Channa dal/kadalai paruppu – 1 cup
- Toor dal/Tuvaram paruppu – ½ cup
- Urad dal/ullutham paruppu – 1 tbsp
- Green chilies – 2
- Red chilies – 3
- Asafetida – ¼ tsp
- Salt – to taste
- Curry leaves – few
- Oil – to deep fry
Procedure to make Channa Dal Vada –
- Wash the dal and soak them together for about an hour.
- Drain the dals entirely and then grind it along with salt, green chilies, red chilies and asafetida into a coarse paste adding very little water. Make sure the batter is thick and you can form a ball with the batter.
- Now add the curry leaves to the batter and mix it well.
- Heat oil in a deep kadai. Make small balls from the batter with your hands and then flatten it slightly and drop it into hot oil. Make sure that the oil is not smoking hot otherwise the Channa Dal Vada will become too brown on the outside and it will still be uncooked inside.
- Fry on both sides until the vadais are golden brown and then drain them in a paper towel.
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Equipment
- bowl
- Kadai
- spatula
- Grinder
Ingredients
- 1 cup Channa dal/kadalai paruppu
- ½ cup Toor dal/Tuvaram paruppu
- 1 tablespoon Urad dal/ullutham paruppu
- 2 Green chilies
- 3 Red chilies
- ¼ Asafetida
- to taste Salt
- few Curry leaves
- to deep fry Oil
Instructions
- Wash the dals and soak them together for about an hour.
- Drain the dals entirely and then grind it along with salt, green chilies, red chilies and asafetida into a coarse paste adding very little water. Make sure the batter is thick and you can form a ball with the batter.
- Now add the curry leaves to the batter and mix it well.
- Heat oil in a deep kadai. Make small balls from the batter with your hands and then flatten it slightly and drop it into hot oil. Make sure that the oil is not smoking hot otherwise the vadai will become too brown on the outside and it will still be uncooked inside.
- Fry on both sides until the vadais are golden brown and then drain them in a paper towel.
- Serve hot with chutney!
Saraswathi Tharagaram says
Looks so good and perfect with cup of tea..
veena krishnakumar says
Vadai looks yummm,,,been some time since i cooked these
Pallavi Purani says
What a crowd pleaser 🙂
Manju says
Yep no wedding will end without vadai.
Suma Gandlur says
Love these vadas. And indeed the chariot - elephant stuff sounds grand.
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Janani says
nice vada sandhya kalakuringa.
The Pumpkin Farm says
looks yummy,
Rajani S says
Curd rice at his own wedding? Paavam! Anyway the vadas look good, just like my MIL's version 🙂
Nalini's Kitchen says
nice write up...delicious looking vadas,we do make this version on fasting days...
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Gayathri Kumar says
Vadas look so nice. Always my fav...
Srivalli says
Though I have heard so much abt this version, never tried myself..good one..and nice to read about this as well..
Savitha Ganesan says
I have heard about these .But never tried ,u r tempting em to try it.
Aruna Manikandan says
delicious vadai, love it 🙂
Rita Bose says
Vadais look so crispy and delicious!! 🙂
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Archana Potdar says
Wow what agrand wedding. Will love to see the pics. And these vadais are mind blowing.
Sangeetha Nambi says
Perfect !
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vaishali sabnani says
Interesting write up...enjoyed reading it..and bookmarked the vadas ..they look good.
Pavani N says
Wow. That's definitely a really grand wedding. Those Vadai look delicious.
Navaneetham Krishnan says
My fav but all this time I have been comfortable buying them. Now that I am seeing how perfect home made vadai can be, I am lining this delicious recipe.
Corporate to Kitchen says
I am drooling. The vadas are very tempting.
divya says
look really tempting , i'm drooling
Priya Anandakumar says
Very yummy and crispy vadai sandhya. Very nice theme....
Priya Suresh says
Love this vadais,been ages i had them..Wish i live near u.
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi says
The groom greeted by an elephant is indeed grand! Love these vadas!
Swathi Iyer says
Ammavadai super sandhya, Kalayana sappadu njapakam varathu.