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Khatta vada | Traditional Gujarati gharvada | how to make vada

Author Nehas Cook Book
3.60 from 5 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Soaking & fermentation 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 25 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Gujarati, Indian
Servings 4

Ingredients
 

For vada flour

  • 1 cup small grain rice
  • ½ cup chana dal
  • ½ cup urad dal

For vada

  • 2 cup vada flour or dhokla flour
  • 1 cup sour buttermilk
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • Salt to taste
  • Pinch of hing
  • 2 tbsp green chilli paste
  • ½ tsp ajwain
  • 4 tbsp white sesame seeds
  • ½ cup coriander leaves
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 2 tbsp hot oil
  • 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 vada flour

  • In a pan, add dal and rice and roast for 2 minutes. Cool down the mixture and add and grind it into a coarse powder.
  • Vada flour or premix is ready. Store it in an airtight container for upto 6 months or more in the refrigerator.

Making khatta vada

  • In a mixing bowl, add vada flour. Add buttermilk gradually and make knead the dough.
  • Now cover the dough and rest it for at least 6 hours or overnight for fermentation.
  • After resting time, the dough is slightly soft and becomes frothy.
  • Now add turmeric powder, salt, hing, green chili paste, ginger paste, ajwain, white sesame seeds, and coriander leaves. mix well
  • Then add baking soda and pour hot oil into it to activate it. mix well.
  • Now, grease your palm with water and make round disc shape vada. You can also make vada on wet cotton cloth.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add vada and deep-fried on medium-low flame.
  • Take out fried vada on a wire rack or tissue paper and serve with green chutney.

Making green chutney

  • In a mixture jar, add coriander leaves, green chili, 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

  • use small grain rice for vada mix.
  • quantity of rice and dal mixture should be equal.
  • grind rice and dal mixture into a coarse powder.
  • use sour buttermilk or curd while kneading vada dough.
  • add some lemon juice if your buttermilk is not sour.
  • rest the dough for 5-6 hrs or overnight, so it will properly be fermented.
  • addition of baking soda helps to fluffy vada.
  • fry vada on medium flame till it becomes crispy from both sides.