VADAGAM

Vadam (Sandige in Kannada) is a fried snack, popular in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It is also served as an accompaniment with meals.

Ingredients

● Basic ingredients used to make vadams include pure water, rice/beaten rice, chilli powder mix (karapodi), asafoetida, salt. To this basic mix a variety of other items such as pulses, banana stem, etc. are added to make delicious and wide varieties of vadams or fries.

Preparation

● These ingredients are combined and ground to a coarse or fine paste, depending on the recipe, made into small balls or flat circles and then sun dried for a few days. The resulting vadams are stored in airtight containers for months or even years, to be used as and when required for meals or as snacks. The vadams are deep fried in oil, to be served as a snack or accompaniment to meals.

Banana stem mixed aval vadagam

Ingredients:

Pure water

White aval

Karapodi

Chopped Bannana stem

Rubbed Sesame seed

Method:

● Pour pure water of 1 and ½ palam in a vessel and put white aval of ½ padi in the water. Allow it to soak nicely in the water. Afterwards drain the water completely and mix the drained aval nicely.

● Now mix the karapodi, chopped banana stem, rubbed sesame seed with mixed aval. Now make small gooseberry size balls from the mix. Place the balls on a cloth or mat or clean wooden plank to get dried nicely.

● After the balls are completely dried, it can be consumed by frying it in ghee or oil.