Sunday 18 May 2014

Potato Vada/Aloo Vada/Urulaikizhangu Vada

Potatoes, the most favourite vegetable to most of many. We are not expectional too, we love potatoes as anything in anything. Potatoes are seriously very versatile and starting from a starter to a dessert you can cook anything with this vegetable. Even i tried replacing eggs in cake with cooked mashed potatoes and they works simply awesome. How you ever tried halwa with potatoes,if not dont forget to give a try am sure you will definitely love potato halwa. See how versatile this vegetable is. Today my post for this week's blogging marathon is this super crispy potato vada, which suits absolutely prefect for my theme of this week. Yes i chosed Evening snacks as theme.

With usual spices and cooked,mashed potatoes makes this incredible looking crispy vadas. Vadas we usually make with dals but this vada is seriously very easy when compared to those vadas with dals. If you have dont have dals or dont have time to soak dals, just make this delicious potato vadas..Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#40. 


Recipe Source: You Too Can Cook

2nos Potatoes (cooked and mashed)
2tbsp Maida/all purpose flour
1no Onion(chopped)
2nos Green chillies (chopped)
1no Garlic pods (chopped finely)
1tsp Fennel seeds
1/2tsp Cumin seeds
Few coriander leaves (chopped)
Salt
Oil

Take the mashed potatoes, chopped onions,chopped green chillies, chopped garlic;fennel seeds, cumin seeds, chopped coriander leaves in a bowl.

Add the flour and salt,mix everything well.

Heat oil for deepfrying, meanwhile make small sized vadas or patties from the mixture.


Once the oil is hot, drop the vadas one by one.

Fry them on both sides until they turns golden brown.

Remove it and drain the excess of oil with a paper towel.

Enjoy with ketchup.

18 comments:

Srivalli said...

What a delicious snack Priya..never tried aloo as vada in this form..I am sure it is so addictive..

Unknown said...

Nice crunchy vadas for the rainy day.Mouthwatery potato vada..

cookingwithsapana said...

Very interesting snack..lovely!

great-secret-of-life said...

looks yum perfect snack.. filling too

mullaimadavan said...

Yummy potato vadai, Sid would luv this...

Home Cooked food said...

delicious vada, perfect tea time snack or for munching.

Shobha said...

Never tasted the aloo vada.. looks nice. I will make it in my next party.

Simplyfood said...

This is our tea time favourite.Crispy on the outside fluffy on the inside.

Usha said...

Nice teatime snack!

Varada's Kitchen said...

What a lovely snack! They look delicious.

Pavani said...

Sweet potato bajji sounds so delicious.

Pavani said...

What a yummy and addictive snack.

Shruti J said...

Potato is my very favorite ingredient and potato vada is my favorite snack forever <3 And if you give a bread bun too, sone pe suhaaga :P

Suja Ram said...

Potato and Vada - both are addictive. And you have paired them to make this addictive snack, I think.

Harini R said...

Addictive is the first thing that pops into my mind!!

Sandhya Ramakrishnan said...

OMG! This is so delicious. I am going to give this a try over the weekend :)

Chef Mireille said...

potatoes is truly the most versatile - these look so nice and crispy

Suma Gandlur said...

I thought they were aloo bondas when I saw the title. Potatoes are really versatile and I bet these vadas tasted fabulous.