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.
Pumpkin vadagam
Ingredients:
Pure water
Split/Whole Black gram *
Pumpkin **
Salt
Red Chilies
Asafoetida
Cumin
Finely chopped Green chilies
Method:
● Soak peeled black gram in water overnight.
● Put the grated pumpkin inside a cloth and tie the cloth. Place the cloth with grated pumpkin in between two wooden planks and place a weight over the top wooden plank.
● Next day grind the soaked black gram nicely to the consistency of butter. Mix the grated pumpkin with Black gram paste. Grind salt, red chilies and asafoetida together to a powder and add the powder with cumin to the mixed paste. Then finely chopped green chillies has to be mixed with paste nicely or can be grinded to the paste to mix well.
● 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.
● This vadagam can also be used as a seasoning ingredient to make curries. *Instead of black gram, a mixture of Split Bengal gram, Split gram/Yellow lentil/Toor dhal along with black gram can be used.
** Instead of pumpkin, tender fenugreek seed leaves, Ladies finger or cluster beans hopped finely can be used.
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