Palak Vada or Spinach Lentil Fritters are made with a mixed lentil with added whole spices along with greens. These surely make a delicious evening snack.
When I decided on making Vadas as the theme for this week, I had to first check with both the blogs to ensure that I haven't blogged on these. I do have palak paneer vada and palak pakoda already done.
Since I had settled on vada, I then had to think on those lines to make some difference. When we call something a vada, it's mostly with some lentil as the base, so it's chana dal or Urad dal or moong dal.
This made me think that maybe I could mix the lentils and make something different. I decided to use both chana dal and Urad dal as the base and made different vadas, by changing the main ingredients.
Palak Vada is made with an equal amount of chana dal, urad dal along with different ingredients to make it a wholesome meal. I had planned it for one of our Saturday dinners, where I had planned for three different vadas.
So next in the Vada Series for BM#104 Sweets & Snacks, I have Palak Vada while you can read about another traditional snack in Cooking 4 all Seasons
Week 1 - Sweets (Indian Traditional Sweets)
Day 1 is Arcot Makkan Peda
Day 2 is Burhanpur Jalebi
Day 3 is Ghevar
Day 4 is Motichoor Ladoo
Day 5 is Ghotua Ladoo
Day 6 is Bandar Laddu
Week 2 - Snacks from the same State (Andhra)
Day 1 is Kara Sev
Day 2 is Kobbari Chegodilu
Day 3 is Karam Gavvalu
Day 4 is Garlic Kara Sev
Day 5 is Venna Murukulu
Day 6 is Palakayalu
Week 3 - Snacks of our choice (Vada Varieties)
Day 1 is Ponk Vada
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Step By Step Pictures to make Palak Vada
Palak Vada | Spinach Lentil Fritters
Ingredients Needed:
2 cups Spinach Leaves finely chopped
1/2 cup Chana dal / Bengal Gram
1/2 cup Urad dal / Black Gram
2 to 3 Green Chilies
1 cup Onions finely chopped
1/4 cup Coriander Leaves finely chopped
Handful Curry Leaves chopped
1 inch Ginger
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
A Pinch Asafoetida / Hing
1 no Green Chillies
Salt to Taste
Cooking Oil for deep frying
Wash and rinse the lentils separately for at least 4 hours.
Grind the Urad dal with just enough water to a fluffy batter.
Save 2 tsp of chana dal and grind the rest of the Chana dal to a semi coarse paste.
Make a paste of ginger and 3 green chilies, finely chop one chili.
Wash and finely chop the spinach leaves.
In a wide bowl, add all the ingredients together.
Heat a Kadai with oil, take a small portion of batter, flatten as you would with your regular vadas, and gently slide into the hot oil.
Cook on a medium flame for the vadas to be cooked from within as well on both sides.
Drain with a slotted ladle onto a kitchen towel.
Serve hot with chutney.
Recipe
Palak Vada | Spinach Lentil Fritters
Ingredients
- 2 cups Spinach Leaves finely chopped
- 1 /2 cup Chana Dal / Bengal Gram
- 1 /2 cup Urad Dal / Black Gram
- 1 inch Ginger
- 2 to 3 Green Chilies
- 1 cup Onions finely chopped
- 1/4 cup Coriander Leaves finely chopped
- Handful Curry Leaves
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1 no Green Chillies finely chopped
- A Pinch Asafoetida / Hing
- Salt to Taste
- Cooking Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Wash and rinse the lentils separately for at least 4 hours.
- Grind the Urad dal with just enough water to a fluffy batter.
- Save 2 tsp of chana dal and grind the rest of the Chana dal to a semi coarse paste.
- Make a paste of ginger and 3 green chilies, finely chop one chili.
- Wash and finely chop the spinach leaves.
- In a wide bowl, add all the ingredients together.
- Heat a Kadai with oil, take a small portion of batter, flatten as you would with your regular vadas, and gently slide into the hot oil.
- Cook on a medium flame for the vadas to be cooked from within as well.
- Cook on both sides and drain with a slotted ladle onto a kitchen towel.
- Serve hot with chutney.
I have featured the entire list that you can prepare for Diwali on both SYL and C4AS Sweets and Snacks & Sweets & Snacks for Diwali.
vaishalisabnani says
My hubby is very fond of vadas and I know that he will love these palak ones . Will make them soon , they look awesome , must be really delicious .
Suma Gandlur says
We add greens to urad dal vadas sometimes. Your version sounds like a combo of masala vada and urad dal vadas, Crispy and yummy vadas.
amaracooking says
Never added Palak in lentil vadas. They look delicious. Will try it next time. Nice share Valli.
Harini Rupanagudi says
I never added greens to vada batter. Sounds like a good idea.
namscorner18 says
Keerai vada is favorite in home. I add it with chana dal and make. Good idea to use both chana dal and urad dal