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Mag na vada | crispy moong vada | how to make moong vada

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Soaking time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 25 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
 

For moong vada

  • ½ cup green moong beans
  • ¼ cup chana dal
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 3-4 garlic cloves
  • 3-4 tbsp water
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • Salt to taste
  • 3 chopped green chilli
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • 1 tsp ajwain
  • Pinch of hing
  • 1 tsp amchur powder
  • ½ tsp garam masala
  • ½ cup chopped onion
  • ½ cup coriander leaves
  • Oil for deep frying

For coriander chutney

  • 1 bunch of coriander leaves
  • 2 green chilli
  • ½ inch ginger
  • 1 tbsp chana dal
  • ¼ tsp roasted cumin powder
  • ¼ tsp chaat masala
  • ¼ tsp black pepper powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp curd
  • 3-4 tbsp water to grind chutney

Instructions

Making moong vada

  • Wash and soak green moong and chana dal for 5-6 hours in slightly hot water.
  • Meanwhile, in a pan add coriander seeds, fennel seeds, cumin seeds and black pepper. Roast for 2 minutes and crushed it into coarse powder.
  • Then remove soaked moong beans and dal water and take out 3-4 tbsp dal into another bowl.
  • Now, add them into mixer jar with ginger and garlic cloves. Add 2-3 tbsp water and grind it into coarse paste.
  • Take out grinded mixer into bowl and stir continuously in one direction. After few minutes mixer is light, fluffy and changes its color.
  • Then add salt, grinded masala, chopped green chilli, red chilli powder, ajwain, hing, amchur, garam masala, chopped onion and coriander leaves. mix well.
  • Now add baking soda and some hot oil. Mix well into batter.
  • Heat oil in a pan, greases hands with water, pinch balls sized hand and make a round shape.
  • Deep fry in hot oil keeping the flame on medium flame.
  • Stir occasionally, and fry on medium flame until the vada ball turns slightly golden brown in colour.
  • Drain off balls from hot oil.
  • When it is hot, press slightly and add into hot oil to fry it again.
  • Fry vada on medium-hing flame till it become crispy and golden brown from outside.
  • Serve crispy moong vada with chutney or tomato ketchup

Making coriander chutney

  • In a mixture jar, add coriander leaves, green chilli, ginger, roasted chana dal, roasted cumin powder, chaat masala, black pepper powder, salt, lemon juice, sugar and curd.
  • Add some water and grind it into a smooth paste.
  • Green chutney is ready. Serve it with vada.

Notes

  • add slightly hot water to decrease the soaking time of moong and dal.
  • stir the batter in one direction so air particles incorporate into the batter and the batter changes into a slightly light color and become fluffy.
  • if your batter is slightly loose, then add some gram flour to make it perfect.
  • fry vada ball on medium flame. when the ball is hot, press immediately to make vada and fry it on high flame till it becomes crispy.