I tried the usual vada recipe with some left over sweet corn and it came out so well. I’m sure many of you may find making Medhu Vadai a bit tedious as the consistency of the batter has to just right not to mention the cleaning of the wet grinder after the grinding part is over. I especially hate that process. Also if you grind the batter in a mixer jar then the vadais will only turn out very hard. If you have faced all of the above difficulties, then try out this vada, as the grinding and shaping part is not only easy but also it will taste just like Medhu Vadai.
Sweet Corn Vada
You’ll need:
- Sweet Corn kernels – 1 cup
- Urad dal – 1/2 cup
- Channa dal – 1/2 cup
- Tur dal – 3 tbsp
- Raw rice – 2 tbsp
- Spring Onion greens – 2 cups
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Green chillies – 4
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – to deep fry
Method:
Soak together urad dal, channa dal, tur dal, rice for atleast 1 hour. Drain the water completely.
Place the soaked dals, sweet corn kernels, cumin seeds, green chillies in a mixie jar and grind to a coarse paste. If the mixture is too dry just add 1 tbsp of water and scrap the sides with a spoon to evenly grinding. You can also grind it to a fine paste. The texture of the batter is of course your choice.
Transfer the thick batter to a bowl. Add finely chopped spring onion greens, salt and mix well.
Heat oil in a pan. When hot take a lemon sized ball from the batter and place it in on your other palm and gently press to flatten it to a round shape. Drop it into the hot oil and deep fry till golden brown. Drain on an absorbent paper and serve piping hot with any chutney of your choice or with ketchup.
Another Version: The above method will taste just like Medhu Vadai, but incase if you want to convert it to a Masaal Vada flavor, then replace green chillies with whole dry red chillies, cumin seeds with fennel seeds while grinding and along with the spring onion greens, add 1/4 cup of finely chopped sambar onion / shallots. Mix well and continue to proceed.
This will make a very good mildly spiced snack for the evening tea time. But you can also serve this as a part of the lunch as it serves well as a crunchy and soft side dish.
Notes:
- You can also replace the spring onion greens with any greens of your choice. But this combo just rocked.
- If you want more heat, then add more green chillies while grinding.
- Make the vadas immediately after you mix the greens and salt as they both will start leaving out water and will make the batter runny making it impossible to handle.
- If you want, you can grind the batter and store it in the fridge for a day. Just thaw the batter half an hour before cooking and mix in the greens and salt just before deep frying.
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double like…..
Sweet corn vadai looks crunchy and yummy.
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They sure look delicious…lovely clicks Radhika
Really the cleaning jar part makes me so freaking task :-p these are really nice variation…
Starving = I. Is lovely!
very crispy.. would love to try it..
Corn in Vadai… OMG !! Definitely a tasty delight….
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vada looks very crispy from outside. and so tasty
corn vada looks so crisp and delicious..truly loved this variation.will try soon.
Vada looks inviting…perfect with a cup of tea.
crispy and yum vadai with nice clicks.
Yummy…so tempting..
wow…these vadas look absolutely delicious dear !!!never tried vadas with sweet corn before !!!would love to try it out sometime 🙂
These fritters are looking so appetizing.. I am never able to get my Medhu Vadas right….have never been able to get the hole in the centre..
These look comparatively easier.. Perfect with evening tea..
wow…super tempting vadai, love it with some hot tea…nice combo of dal n corn kernels…will give it a try soon!
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healthy vadai…..looking very crispy…
Super crispy and addictive vadas.
lovely tempting picture..yumm
very nice and healthy!
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Delicious looking vadas!
Nice version of sweet corn vada.Just love it.
can I have some right now radhika; it
‘s slowly starting to drizzle and am juggling a cuppa chai whiel typing- this one will be perfect to complete the pic !
Perfectly done! These look absolutely delish~
Delicious n yummy vadas, looks so crispy.
Yummy yummy snack,love it
Crispy vadas. But i am a big fan of your medhui vada, they are the perfect vadas that I have seen
Delich n crispy vadas…
Hi Radhika ,
vadai looks very crispy and mouth watering…
Nice tea time snacks:)
Awesome.
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