Kali Chaudas vada Recipe
This special Multigrain Vada is traditionally made on Kali Chaudas (the day before Diwali), also known as Kakraat na vada or Chhum vada. In some Gujarati families, the ritual of 'kakraat kadhvu' involves placing vadas and other items at crossroads for vehicles to crush, symbolizing the resolution of domestic conflicts.
Ingredients
- ½ cup Rice Flour
- ¼ cup Urad flour
- 2 tablespoon Moong Dal flour
- 1 cup Yellow corn flour
- ½ cup Besan
- ½ cup Bajri flour
- ½ cup Rava/sooji/semolina
- 1 cup Whole wheat flour
- salt to taste
- 1 cup Yogurt should be sour
- 3 tablespoon Oil
- Garlic Ginger and chili paste – 3 tbsp
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon Chili powder
- Oil for deep frying
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Instructions
- Take all the flours and rava in a mixing bowl.
- Add yogurt and mix it very well. Knead a soft dough. Add water if needed. Let this dough rest for 1 – 2 hours.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add ginger-garlic-chili paste. Saute it for few seconds. Add this into dough.
- Season it with Chili powder, sugar, salt, and turmeric powder. Mix it well.
- Heat oil in a pan for deep frying Vada. Apply water on fingers. Put vada batter on it. Flatten Vadas using fingers.
- Deep fry it until golden brown in color over medium heat. It will puff up.
- Your Vada a ready.
Nutrition
Calories: 485kcalCarbohydrates: 78gProtein: 14gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 58mgPotassium: 426mgFiber: 7gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 525IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 113mgIron: 4mg
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