Maddur vada recipe | How to make maddur vade | Crispy maddur vada
By Latha on November 28th, 2015
Maddur vada or maddur vade recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. Maddur vada is prepared using maida, rava, rice flour and few spices. Maddur vada is a very popular tea time snacks, originated from a place called Maddur. Maddur is a small town near Mandya, Karnataka. The state highway 17, also known as "Mysore road" passes through this town. Because the recipe of the vada and its preparation originated in this town, the snack is named after this place. The fine and crispy taste of this maddur vada would make you add it to your list of favorite snacks.
If you ever travel by train or bus between Bengaluru and Mysuru, you will come across the vendors selling maddur vada. Both adults and kids wait eagerly for these vendors. Even I tasted my first ever Maddur vada when I was travelling from Mysuru to Bengaluru.
Maddur vada has a slightly hard crust and a soft core. The onion pieces in it elevate the taste of the vada. The flour and rava proportions can be varied as per your taste. Add equal quantity of rava and maida for crispy vadas. You can reduce rava quantity to make it more light.
If you are looking for more Karnataka style snacks recipes then do check our stuffed mirchi bajji, crispy chili bajji, doddapatre bajji, kara kaddi, congress kadlekai, Aloo bonda, kayi vade and mangalore bajji recipes. Do check them also. Now let us get on to the maddur vada recipe.
I have prepared a video on this maddur recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Please have a look.
Preparation time: 20 min
Cooking time: 10 min
Serves: 4
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1/2 cup maida
- 1/3 cup rice flour
- 1/2 cup rava / sooji /semolina
- 1 medium sized onion
- 1 - 2 green chili
- 1/4 tsp finely chopped ginger
- 1 tbsp chopped curry leaves
- 1/4 cup roasted and crushed peanuts (or 2 tbsp cashew)
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 1 tsp poppy seeds
- 1 tsp ghee
- 2 tbsp hot oil
- 1 tsp salt or as per your taste
- oil to deep fry
Instructions for making Maddur vada:
- Take chopped onion, ginger, green chilli and curry leaves in a wide bowl. Add in salt and give a quick mix.
- Add in roasted and crushed peanuts (or cashew), poppy seeds and sesame seeds. Give a quick mix again.
- Next add in maida, rava and rice flour. Give a quick mix again.
- Add in 1 tsp ghee. Rub and mix it well.
- Next add in 2 tbsp very hot oil. Give a quick mix again.
- Followed by sprinkle water little by little and prepare a hard and stiff dough.
- Make lemon sized balls.
- Take a thick plastic sheet and grease it with oil. Now grease your fingers and make circular shaped maddur vada.
- Take a wok or frying pan and put the oil for deep frying. Once the oil is hot, drop the patted maddur vada carefully into the oil.
- Fry maddur vada or maddur vade under medium flame. Flip occasionally.
- Fry it until onions turn golden brown. Serve them with coconut chutney and tea.
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