Rice vadas made by soaking par boiled rice in sour curds is a very famous dish among Tamils. Unlike bhajjis and pakoras, this is not prepared often by many as it involves grinding the par boiled rice, which requires some time. But once you try this dish, you will not mind the hard work involved. Now with grinder and mixie I do not think we have any reason to keep away from preparing this traditional vadas. One most important fact I noted about the rice vadas is that I have never seen it served in any of the hotels. So if you want to taste it make it ! 🙂
- Par Boiled rice – 1 cup
- Redchillies – 3 nos
- Urad dal – 1 tablespoon
- Grated coconut – 2 tablespoons
- Curry leaves – 1 twig
- Hing – 1/2 teaspoon
- Sour Curds – 1 cup
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – 1 cup (for deep frying)
Method
- Wash and drain the par boiled rice and urad dal well. Add to the curds and soak for 4 to 6 hours.
- Grind to a smooth paste adding grated coconut, redchillies, salt and hing. The dough must be very thick and smooth. Do not add water.
- To remove excess water from the dough, transfer it on to a white cotton cloth. Roll well to remove excess water.
- Heat oil in a kadai on a medium flame. Smear oil on to a plastic sheet and your fingers. Take 1 inch balls out of the dough and press on the sheet to form round vadas. make a hole in center.
- Drop the vada into the oil and fry till the sound subsides. You can fry three vadas at a time.
These vadas taste good by themselves and don’t need any side dish. You can serve with pickle or chutney.
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Mysore Kajjaya is similar to this Latha , but not quite the same. Looks yummy. Making something with dry fruits today, but will post laaaaater!!:)
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Wow Latha! The rice vadas are mouth watering.
I got this recipe looong back from your handwritten book, when you showed off your cookbooks to my sister.. 😀
My ma in law make this and has named MOR VADAI 🙂
Thanks for sharing the authentics!:)
Thanks for sharing a yummy and not common snack!
Thanks for sharing a yummy and not-so-commonly-made snack!
Wow ..Looks nice..:-) Will try it out soon.
Lakshmi …I like to move it is simppppppply superb!..Cute lovely and lively..Hope your Show went well..
Dry fruits???..huh ..
I know only to pack and send them. ;)..
will do that again..Could you chip in my entry too 😉
I’ve not tasted these .. i wonder why? Will ask my mom next time why she never made these… Looks amazing maami. Now, does it have to be parboiled rice or will boiled rice work too?
Asha… i know it’s only your love for us that it just can’t keep you away for too long…. 😀
HI lathama
the vada looks delicious.I never made this
at home.
kamala
Vada looks delicious. As you said we can’t get them in hotels i guess we all are comming to your home to eat this lovely delicious vadas 🙂
Hmm, looks delicious Latha. Rice and curds, what a combo..and that too in a vada…awesome!
Nice looking vadas…. If only someone would make for poor me 😦 Sob Sob !!! I have never tasted this….So Lathaji can i stop by for few of these if u dont mind!
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These vadas look lovely latha. I definetly want to try these.But I am always confused with raw rice,par boiled rice,idly rice and the rice which I eat sona masuri rice. Are these all very different.can I use idly rice to make this.can u plztell me the difference btw raw rice and sona masuri rice if u know.
latha..never had these..looks delicious..
sounds nice….never heard of this crispy vadas…i love all these crispy crunchy snacks…hmmm ur tempting me lathamma….send sme those vadas :-))))
Latha I am staying away from deep fried stuff this month and here i see the most yummiest vadas i can never stay away from!! They look absolutely delicious!
Lathaji, I’ve never tried Sour Rice vadas. These look yum. Thanx for sharing. I’ll bookmark this recipe to tr sometime.
Hi Latha garu,
thanks for the meme.
My baby is 7months old so dont have much time to concentrate on blogging.
all my posts are pending.
Mom makes these vadas by dropping with spoon in oil .I never tried this one.
hope to do when i grind idly batter next time.
thanks for the recipe.
vineela
I think I had these when in B’lore but never there after. Looks damn good
i never heard of this vada before! but when i see the end results looks like have had them at home; can gather scenes of this one loaded with chopped coconuts and made on some festival… oh my can’t remember. first thing i must call amma tomorrow and ask… illena thalai veduchidum:)) what is the tamizh name for this lathamma?
yeah, we make something similar, but with regular rice and besan..tastes awesome Latha di!! your vadas look like just the food i want as it’s raining here!!
Like many others this is a totally new dish to me. I don’t remember even my grandma making it. Thanks for sharing such an authentic recipe Latha ma.
U were the only one who voted for the ‘akbar birbal’ stories amma. I am planning to post a few of them in upcoming posts..:) I already googled about quite a few recipes that I can make from dry fruits.. will send some soon..
and yumm-o vadas lathamma amma.. awesome snack!
Thanks for the recipe!
Do offer my ‘Namaskarams’ to Taatha garu..:)
P.S whats Ashaji doing here? Isn’t she supposed to take a break and disappear till Dec 12th?..;)
~ Siri
good looking vadas and simple recipe, thanks Latha for sharing..
Yummy snack and a must try for this cripsy cold winter! Thanks Aunty for sharing the recipe!
That looks great!..nice recipe…
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Wonderful! Thanks for the tasty recipes.
wonderfull recipe rice vadas look delecious have to try this recipe
Haven’t ever heard of or tasted this vada before……wonder why it’s never made in our households…..
neways, it sounds delish.
One more authentic one from you Latha. Very nice. Viji
wow, wonderful recipe, thanks,
can you tell me how to make poondu milagu kozhambu
Hai,
Actually in my home they make it without urad dal and grind it with milk and jeera and little bit of salt. So after frying we sprinkle with pwd sugar & cardomom. It tastes yummmy.. one could only eat only 1 r 2.. but as u say it involves lot of work. So after my grandma passed away we almost stopped doing it. Ur recipe can we grind in mixie.. i would definitely love to try it…
Luv
Radhi
Thanks-I’ve been searching and searching for this……..my mother in law made this about 18 years back for a special visitor but never got around to learning the recipe……….its so simple!