I rarely make these now and it occurred to me -Why not try baking it! I tried a small batch and I was so sorry that I was not bold enough to make a larger batch! Lil Angel loved it and had it with the baked gulkand jamuns. I had this with soup for dinner.
As you might have guessed by now, I baked two dishes that day- Gulkand jamuns and this one. Both disappeared in minutes and the kids kept returning to the kitchen to see if I had hidden the leftovers! The poor dears did not know that mom had made only a small batch of both!!
So here is the third recipe of the week that I have converted into a healthy version.Check out the other dishes here…
I used:
Toor dal-1/2 cup
Channa dal-1/4 cup
Red chili -1
Onion-1 chopped
Asafoetia powder- a pinch
Fennel seeds- 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves, chopped-a few
Oil for brushing
Salt to taste
Soak the dals and the chili for an hour. Drain well and grind to a coarse paste without adding water.Remove it into a bowl and put in the chopped onion,curry leaves, fennel seeds and salt.
Mix well and shape into balls and flatten it slightly.Place on a tray lined with baking parchment. Brush oil.Bake in a pre heated oven at 180 degree c for 10 minutes. Remove the sheet and flip it over gently and bake for another 10 minutes.Remove from oven and serve.
Note:
- The baking time will vary depending on several factors including how thick / thin vadas are flattened.
- When flipping them over, if it still sticks to the sheet, bake for a couple of minutes more and then flip them over.
- Do not over bake as it will turn very crispy and you will not be able to bite into it! So keep an eye on the oven.Take them off the oven with the edges turn brown and the center is light brown and looks baked
- I don’t think taking off the baking sheet is necessary. I did that for the Gulkand jamuns so by force of habit did it for this too!
Little spicy bites like this are always a treat, especially when baked instead of fried.
Whenever i get bored of deepfrying, i bake mine often, guilt free munchies..I want to have some now.
Never tried baking vadai pj!! This looks delicious and can have it guilt-free
That's a great dish PJ..hope you have lots more converted like this..:)
Great idea PJ. Iam also experimenting with baking traditional fried snacks. Thanks for the recipe. Bookmarked
PJ your baking is amazing … Love them! And looking forward to all the other bakes:)
wow Pj one more wonderful fusion bake looks crisp and yummm..
So much more healthy than the deep fried version! Your kids were in for a real treat with this combo.
Very nice. I have similar one too PJ. Coming up next week 🙂
I would definitely try these guiltless vadas. Perfectly done PJ. Good one.
Guilt free munches… Would love to keep enjoying this…
Lovely idea with traditional recipes!! Vadai turns great without much difference..
Such a guilt free and tempting vadas..vadai has turned out good and perfect with a cup of tea .
I made it once for my parents and it turned out great. I don't know why I didn't try it again. You have tempted me to try it again. Looks so inviting PJ..
The baked version looks as good as the deep fried ones. Its an absolute win as the kids loved it as well!
Looks very inviting. My husband can never relish these baked vadas but I can !! Love these!!
Guilt free and yummy. I too tried another version of vada and it is coming next week. 🙂
yes u r right, it is like cookies, if you keep them longer they become difficult to bite into it, this one is a winner recipe PJ, saves so much time that we spend otherwise standing in front of the kadai
OMG!!you are on a health spree pj. Looks very nice
I like vada but do nit make them as husband doesn't like except for the urad dal vada and second, it is deep fried. But baked ones are always welcome.
dunno if earlier comment went thru, so reposting :
These masala vadais are so guilt free, might even make it for Tamil Ugadi as its gonna be well received… lovely one..
Such a guilt free snack! I have never tried baking the vadai before, but have been thinking for a while. Should try it sometime!
PJ keep them coming I ma enjoying this series of yours.