Creamy rich yogurt gravy with the touch of aromatic masala! It is usually made with vegetables like Okra or watery vegetables like Chayote, Pumpkin, Squash, etc., or sometimes with vegetable fritters ( Pakoda). But this time, I have made it with vadai (Spicy Doughnuts). Either ways, it taste so refreshing with rice.
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Recipe:
- Prep time - 30 mins
- Cooking time - 30 mins ( both gravy and vada)
- Serves - 3
Ingredients:
- For Dry Roasting:
- Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
- Cumin - 1/2 tsp
- Ginger - 3 inches
- Coconut - 1/2 cup, grated
- Green chili or Red chili - 2
- Rice - 1 1/2 tbsp
- Yellow Lentils - 1 tbsp
- Buttermilk - 4 to 5 cups
- Salt to taste
- Ground turmeric - a pinch
- For Seasoning :-
- Red chili dry - 1, cut crosswise
- Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Black gram - 1/2 tsp
- Asafoetida - a pinch
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig
- Cilantro ( optional for garnishing )
- For Vada( Spicy Doughnuts):
- Black gram - 3/4 cup, whole without skin, soaked in water
- Rice - 1/4 cup, idli rice or cooking rice, soaked in water
- Salt to taste
- Onion - 1, finely chopped
- Green chili - 2, finely chopped
- Carrot - 1, finely chopped
- Cilantro - a handful
- Oil for deep frying
- Water for touching before making the doughnut shape
Method:
- For Gravy:
- Soak rice and yellow lentils in water. At the same time, soak the black gram and rice for vada separately for 30 mins.
- While the mixture is getting soaked, dry roast the above said ingredients and grind them into a fine paste by adding little water.
- In a deep stock pot, add some oil and do the seasoning with mustard and black gram. Add asafoetida and curry leaves.
- Add some water into that seasoning with enough salt. Now add the fine paste into the water and mix well.
- Add the ground turmeric in. When the mixture boils and cooked over low/ medium heat, stir in the buttermilk.
- Buttermilk gravy is ready.
- For Vada:
- Once the rice and black gram is nicely soaked in water, grind the mixture in a wet grinder or a blender by adding few drops of water and enough salt.
- The texture of the dough should be thicker than a cake mixture. Add in the chopped vegetables. Mix well.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil over high heat for deep frying.
- Have a bowl of water aside. Touch some water in both hands. Take some dough in hand and make it like a doughnut shape. Carefully place it in deep frying oil.
- Wait for 3 mins before flipping it.
- Once it is nicely done, place the vada in the buttermilk gravy.
- Lunch is served.
Hope you like the recipe. I will share another interesting recipe in my next post. Your feedback and comments are welcome. Have a wonderful day!
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