BM #104 Day 22 -
Kothambir Vadi is a healthy snack native to the state of Maharashtra. I have always eaten it at my friend's place and it kind of felt that I had made it at home too. I never even realized that I hadn't posted it in my space.
So I asked my friend to share her family recipe and I followed her recipe to the T. She also gave me the idea that I could air fry them and that is what I did. They came out super crispy and we loved it.
Recipe Source Shalaka
Ingredients -
Besan / Gram Flour / Senaga Pindi 1 1/2 cups
Coriander leaves, finely chopped 1 cup
Salt, Asafotida, Red Chili Powder, Turmeric as needed
Green Chilies-Ginger paste 2 tsp
Oil 1 Tbsp
Method Of Preparation -
In a mixing bowl, add besan, chopped coriander leaves, salt, asafotida, red chili powder, turmeric and green chili-ginger paste. Mix well. Sprinkle water as needed to make a stiff dough.
Pinch small portions of the dough and make oblong shapes.
Grease a steaming plate and arrange these oblong shaped dough pieces and steam them for about 12-15 minutes.
Upon cooling, slice the oblong shapes into 1/2 inch discs.
These can be shallow fried, deep fried or air fried to make them crispy.
I have opted to air fry them. Place the small discs in the air fryer basket set to 400 °F. Air them for about 20 minutes tossing them every 5-6 minutes.
[Each Air Fryer is different, so adjust the timing depending on when the discs become brown and crispy].
Serve them warm with a chutney of your choice.
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Preparation Time 45 minutes
Makes 30-35 pieces
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So nicely done Harini, love your heart shaped idli molds too..:)
That's one innovative way of frying the vadis Harini. Beautifully steamed and air fried. No guilt snack..Yumm...
Air frying makes them guilt free and I have noticed that the air fried vadis end up super crisp and stay that way longer compared to the fried versions.
It’s interesting to make them in this style , where you make rolls and cut . In fact I too have done ionce in the similar manner , but I wish I had used the air fryer , it’s such a good option . Fantastic Harini !
Wow air fryer version of Vadi looks very nice Harini. Good one
I too made the same version and shallow fried. Air fryer version makes it so much guilt free and looks so delicious.