Vada - Dhebra

Gujarati delights... Vada (Dhebra)

Ingredients:

3 cups cornmeal flour( I used the fine version),2 cups dhokra flour, 1/2 cup wheat flour (rotli flour),1/2 cup semolina (sooji), 2 cups sour yogurt, 6 tbsp oil to mix in the flour, 1/2 tsp soda bi carbonate,1/2 tsp eno ( fruit salt), 1 tbsp green chilli paste

11/2 tbsp ginger paste, 11/2 tsp garlic paste (optional), 2 cups boiling hot water, 1 tsp ajwain seeds, 2 tbsp sesame seeds ( tal), 1/2 tsp tumeric powder (haldi),

Salt and sugar to taste, 2 to 3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves, Oil for deep frying

Method:

Boil the kettle, then in a big bowl add all the flour. Add in 2 cups of the boiling water and mix with a spoon and leave aside for 5 minutes. ( the mixture looks like a crumbling mix, now add salt, tumeric powder, sugar, coriander leaves, ajwain, tal, ginger, chilli and garlic paste. Now add the oil, soda bi carbonate, and eno.

Lastly as add the yogurt and mix well and make a soft dough. Keep this mix in a warm place for about 1/2 to 1 hour.

In a deep frying pan heat oil, Make small balls of the dough, Place on a plastic sheet then press the dough balls with the first three fingers and flatten them like puri and sprinkle sesame seeds and press lightly. Fry them two at a time , while frying gently press the Vada with the frying spoon (jaro) so they puff like puris.

Turn the vadas once it's golden brown on the bottom and cook the other side . take out once it's golden and crisp.

enjoying these traditional Gujarati delights... Vada (Dhebra)