Avil Vadai/ Beaten Rice Vadai/ Poha Vada In 10 Minutes

The weekend went by so fast. As they say, when you are having too much fun you don't know the time slip by you. This weekend, we invited our families to celebrate new years. I made ven pongal, gothsu and curd rice. Since it was a celebration, we decided to make a sweet and vadai to go along with the meal. Because we did not have a lot of time before everyone arrived, I was looking for a simple, fast and easy recipe.I was reminded of the conversation I had with my mother-in-law regarding avil vadai and decided to give it a try. It scored big among all kids and adults and I had to go back into the kitchen to make another batch on demand. I am sure you can make variations of this vadai and add all ingredients used in masal vadai and it would taste awesome.I was told that apart from using it as a snack, it can be made as prasadham for Krishna or during navaratri celebrations. 

Gadgets:

Frying Wok

Strainer

Colander

Paper Towel

Bowl

Measuring Cup and Spoon
Parchment Paper

Ingredients:

Makes 16 Vadai's

Oil - 2 cup

Avil/ Poha (Thick variety) - 2 cups

Water -1 cup to soak the Avil

Rice Flour - 3 tbsp

Asafoetida Powder - 1/8th tsp

Green Chillies - 1 thinly sliced ( add more for extra spice)

Curry Leaves - a few chopped

Cilantro - 3 tbsp chopped
Ginger - 2 tsp grated

Salt

Sour Cream - 1/2 cup and 1/4 cup water mixed or Yogurt - 3/4 cup ( personally, I like sour cream )

Preparation:

1. Soak the avil in water for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes heat the oil on medium high.

2. Add the soaked avil into the bowl and using your hands blend and squish the avil to make a wet mix. 

3. Add the salt, rice flour, asafetida, curry leaves, cilantro, green chillies, grated and give it a good mix.

4. Add sour cream/ yogurt and make into a dough, you must be able to make vadai's with it.

5. Roll out the dough into 16 equal balls and place them on the parchment paper. You can also skip this step and start frying.

6. Make vadai's and place them back on the parchment.

7. Fry the vadai until golden brown on both sides.

8.Serve them hot with any chutney of your choice.