Carrot Masala Vada is a tasty, crispy tea time snack with a healthier version by adding carrots too. Addition of chana dal and urad dal gives a different taste and flavor to Carrot Masala Vada. The snack is unique and special with ground dal mixture blended with grated carrots, spicy ingredients and rolled out into vadas for deep frying. Carrot Masala Vada is a rich combo of healthy nutrients that can be enjoyed with any spicy or tangy chutney. Carrot Masala Vada can be easily prepared at home. You can explore a well detailed Carrot Masala Vada here.
Prep Time | 20 minutes |
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Ingredients
- Carrots - 4 Nos
- Kadala Parippu or Thuvara Parippu (Red Gram)(Bengal Gram) - 1 Cup
- Uzhunnum Parippu(Soak the Kadala/Thuvara Parippu & Uzhunnum Parippu separately for about 1 – 2 hrs, Black gram dhal) - 1 Cup
- Chopped Green Chilli - 2 Tsp
- Chopped ginger - 2 Tsp
- Chopped curry leaves - 1 Tsp
- Chopped onion - 1/2 Cup
- Cumin seeds - 1/4 Tsp
- Salt(As reqd) -
- Coconut/Refined Oil(As required to fry the Vadas) -
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Instructions
- Peel and grate the Carrots and keep it separately.
- Change the ground Kadala/Thuvara Parippu and Uzhunnum Parippu into a Bowl/Vessel. Add the grated Carrot and chopped Green Chilli, Ginger, Curry leaves and Cumin seeds along with required quantity of Salt and mix it well (no water should be added in this dough). Keep this dough for about 10 – 15 minutes.
- Heat Oil in a Frying pan/Cheenachatti. Take the dough in small quantities (based on the size of Vadas) and flatten it (also put a small hole with finger in the middle of the flattened dough) and put the flattened dough into the hot oil (continue the same procedure for making more Vadas)) and cook it properly.
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