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Friday, July 18, 2025

Ragi Morinja Ada | Roasted Ragi Ada | Healthy Oil Free Snacks

Ragi is a very popular millet in India and is very nutritious, healthy and apt for all age groups. What do you generally cook with ragi flour ? I generally make the steamed ada, roasted adas, kozhukatta , or the instant ragi dosas. This roasted ada uses mashed bananas that prevent the adas from drying out, as ragi in itself is a dry flour and adds the natural sweetness along with jaggery syrup. Check for alternate method, if you don't get fresh banana leaves.  Quite easy to prepare, guilt free snack and enjoy with a cup of black tea !!

Watch the YouTube #shorts for the recipe & making here.



Preparation time ~ 10 minutes
Cooking time ~ 10 minutes
Serves ~ 6-7 adas
Author ~ Julie
Ingredients 
ragi flour 1 cup
cardamom powder 1/4 tsp
roasted cumin powder 1/4 tsp
salt 1/4 tsp
bananas 4-5
grated coconut 1/2 cup
jaggery syrup 1/2 cup
banana leaves as needed





Method
  • Sift the flour, add salt, cardamom powder, roasted cumin powder. Mix well. 
  • Purée the bananas in a blender jar. Add to the flour, add in grated coconut, pour jaggery syrup and get a dough of spreadable consistency.
  • Wet your hands and spread 2 tbsps of dough in a thin layer on a clean banana leaf. Fold the leaf and place in a clay pot.
  • Place the clay pot on flame and cook the ada, until the banana leaves get browned and charred. Flip and cook both sides for even cooking.
  • Enjoy with black tea !!
NOTES
* You can make the same ada without banana leaves too. In that case, heat an iron griddle. Wet your fingers and spread the dough on the iron tawa like chapathis without burning your hands. Cook both sides and enjoy.
* Alter sweetness as per sweet tooth. Add more than required in dough, then only the sweetness may turn correct when cooked.

                  

Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Aval Vada | Instant Poha Vadai | Beaten rice Snacks

 Aval vada is a crispy snack that can be prepared instantly when you crave having some crisp tea time snacks, especially during monsoon. The thick variety poha is used to make this snacks as the thin poha absorbs moisture very much and so may drink up oil when frying. The other ingredients are easily available in the pantry and can be added. Add chilly flakes or chopped green chillies if you love the vadas spicy. Check the recipe and do give it a try !!




Preparation time ~ 10 minutes
Cooking time ~ 10 minutes
Serves ~ 12-14 vadas
Author ~ Julie
Ingredients 
poha / aval (thick) 2 cups (300 gms)
onion 1/2 cup chopped 
green chillies 2 chopped 
ginger 1 tsp, fine chopped 
yogurt 1/3-1/2 cup
rice flour 1/4 cup-1/8 cup
red dry chillies broken 2 tbsps
coriander leaves 2 tbsps
curry leaves torn 1 sprig
salt to taste
oil to fry


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Method
  • Measure the poha(aval) and add enough water to soak the poha. Leave aside for 10 minutes. If you are using thin poha then soak only for 2–3 minutes. But it is better to use thick poha than the thin one as the thin ones absorbs a lot of water.
  • After 10 minutes, drain water and squeeze out excess water from the poha and keep aside. In that, add chopped onions, chopped ginger, dry red chillies, coriander leaves, curry leaves, salt.
  • Add yogurt (1/3 cup) if it's sour and mix well. To this, add rice flour little by little and give a quick mix. The amount of rice flour depends on the binding. I added only 2 -3 tbsps of rice flour.
  • Mix well to a dough that can be shaped like vadas. Pinch out lemon size balls and shape to form vadas. Wet your palms and fingers for easy vada shaping. Keep aside on a plate, and make only 4-5 vadas or as much as you can fry in one batch, or else the vadas dry out before frying and may not hold shape when dropping in oil. 
  • Heat oil in a wok and wait till oil is hot. Slide the vadas in the hot oil and don't overcrowd the wok. Gently move the vadas to move and flip once it's lightly browned.
  • Flip and fry all sides till golden brown. It takes longer than the regular vadas to fry. Drain from the oil and place on paper towels.
  • Similarly shape and fry all the vadas till golden brown. Serve warm with tomato or coconut chutney.
  • Enjoy !!

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