How to make a tasty Nagercoil Vada Aviyal/சுவையான நாகர்கோவில் வடை அவியல் செய்வது எப்படி

 

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                            Vada Aviyal, Rasa Vada are a common dish in the Kanyakumari. For both recipes, we prepare the same process for making vada and the taste was adorable and suits well with rice. Coconut act as a major role in the most of a Kanyakumari recipes. Even Vada Aviyal also made by coconut with some spices and drumstick. Usually we like to eat a mixture of Aviyal with rice, so we add more coconut in this recipe. But If you don't want to eat as a gravy, then add 3/4 the cup coconut in this recipe.

                            While preparing this recipe, you can add a whole vada or add a broken vada pieces in the coconut mixture. Usually My mom adds whole vadas in this recipe, but my mother-in-law adds a broken vada pieces. Both methods taste comes good but when you are going to add big vadas, then follow broken pieces method because it is easy for vadas to absorb the coconut mixture juice.

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POINTS TO BE NOTED FOR MAKING VADAI AVIYAL:

• Don't soak the Channa dal with water over two hours because if it soak over two hours the dal will change into soft and soggy texture.
• Grind the mixture in coarse form so after frying the vada becomes so crunchy or else it becomes soft.
• when fry the vada, add curry leaves gives good aroma and flavor, but I don't have the curry leaves so i used Coriander leaves.
• First, we need to fry the vada, please follow that recipe already mentioned in the Rasam vada blog.
• Do not use a spoon after adding vada in the coconut mixture.because once vada cooked it's changed to soft texture, so it will break.

INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING VADAI AVIYAL:

• Coconut shredded - 1 cup
• Small onions or shallots - 5 nos
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Whole chilli - 2 nos
• Water - 1 to 1.5 cup
• Salt - as required
• Drumstick - 1 no

Please look at the Rasa Vada recipe in the below video (audio in Tamil and caption in English):

Methods for making a Vada Aviyal recipe:

Step 1: For making Dal Vada:

                                 Soak 2 cup of Channa dal with water, it absorbs the water and becomes doubled. After 2 hours, drain the dal without water. Grind the dal in the mixie with an opposite mode for two or three times. The grinding mixture should be in a coarse form. Add one onion, green chillies, Curry leaves or coriander leaves, Ginger and required salt in the mixture. Mix it nicely and make a small ball, just press the ball, it's comes in flat shape or using a spoon to make a scoop then just press the scoop, it comes in flat shape. Both methods are working well, but I basically prefer second method because all vadas comes in the same size and same shape. Add required oil for frying the vada in the pan, Once oil is hot, gently add a vada one by one. Deep-fry until its change to brown color. Hmm! The dal vada is ready!. 

Step 2: For making Vada Aviyal:

                                Grind the 1 cup coconut, 5 small onions or shallots, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder  1 tsp cumin seeds, 2 chilli, little water in the mixie as a coarse form. Add 1 drumstick and a little water in the pan and close the lid. Once a drumstick cooked, add a coconut mixture, 1 to 1.5 cup water, required salt in the pan and mix well. Once bubble soothes out, then add a vada one by one in the mixture and close the lid. Wait for five minutes. Then open lid and just shake the pan for avoiding the mixture stuck in the pan. Do not use a spoon or spatula because now the vada is in soft texture, so it will break. Hmm!! Now a tasty vada aviyal is ready.

Step-by-Step pictures for making a Vada Aviyal:

I already mentioned "How to fry these vadas" in the Rasam Vadai Recipe. Please go through and follow that method.

Grind the 1 cup coconut, 5 small onions or shallots, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp cumin seeds,  2 whole chilli, little water in the mixie. 

Grind it into a coarse form.

Cook drumstick in the pan with less water.

Once drumstick cooked well, then add a coconut mixture to the pan.

Add 1 to 1.5 cup of water in the pan.we are going to cook the vada in the mixture.

Add a required salt and mixed well.

Once a bubble soothes out in the pan, then add a vada one by one and close the lid, wait for five minutes.

Open the lid and cook the vada in the pan until the water absorbed by vada and mixture it thickens.