Green Moong Vada
Green Moong / Whole Moong Vadas are Crispy and Tasty Vadas with all the goodness of Green Moong.
In this post, I show three ways of making these Vadas - Deep fried, Air-fried and Pan-fried. Make these vadas and enjoy as an evening snack.
Ingredients
1 Cup Green Moong/Green Gram Dal
3 Green Chillies
4 Cloves of Garlic
1 Inch Ginger
1 Medium Onion
¼ Cup chopped coriander leaves
1 Tsp Cumin/Jeera
1 Tsp Salt
Water for soaking the dal
Oil for frying
Video Instructions
Written Instructions
Making the vada mix
Add 1 cup green moong dal to a bowl.
Add enough water and soak for 5-6 hours. The dal needs to soak well. If not, the vadas may turn out hard.
Drain off all the water.
Transfer to blender. Coarse blend/pulse without adding any water by mixing as needed. Leaving some dal coarse/unblended will make the vadas crispy.
Transfer to a bowl.
To a spice blender, add the green chilli, garlic and ginger.
Add this to the dal
Add chopped onions and coriander leaves
Making the vada
Take a small ball sized mix, flatten and shape into vadas.
Deep-Fry Method
Warm oil on medium flame.
Once the oil is hot, add the vadas to the oil one by one.
Do not overcrowd the oil
Flip in-between.
Fry until golden brown.
Air-Fry Method
Pre-heat air-fryer at 350F/180C for 5 mins.
Cover the basket with parchment paper or baking paper.
Please the vadas on the air-fryer basket.
Brush all the vadas with little oil.
Air-Fry the vadas at 350F/180C for 10 mins.
Take the tray out and flip the vadas.
Brush with little oil
Air-fry again at 350F/148C for 8-10 mins. Take care not to burn by checking after 8mins.
Enjoy the crispy green moong vadas with Coconut chutney or Ketchup and a cup of hot tea or coffee!
Pan-Fry Method
Warm Tawa on medium flame.
Place the vadas on the tawa.
Add little oil as required and roast on both sides until golden brown.
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