Sneha's Recipe: Vadi

This Ginger Vadi / Alepak is popular in Maharashtra made during winter as a nutritious candy treat that aids in digestion and helps fight cold and cough. These turned so delicious and everyone loved it. These will last for 3 - 4 weeks on the pantry shelf.
Cup Measurement = 250Ml
Ingredients
100 Grams Cleaned & Peeled Ginger - chopped
¼ Cup Poppy seeds
½ Cup Almonds
250Ml Milk
1 Tablespoon Desi Ghee
Granulated Sugar - see method
Pinch Of Salt
Method

Granulated Sugar is measured after grinding.
Soak the almonds and poppy seeds separately in hot water for 6 hours
Then strain the poppy seeds with a fine mesh strainer
Peel the almonds and grind the poppy seeds & almonds together with little milk to form a fine paste
Grind the ginger without adding any liquid to a fine paste. Remove this into a cup how much is the ginger double the quantity granulated sugar.
Grind the poppy seeds & almonds in milk to a fine paste. Remove into same cup. How much is this quantity equal amount granulated sugar.
Wash the blender jar in the remaining milk.

In a heavy bottom pan add a tablespoon ghee add the ground ginger and poppy almond paste sauté for a minute or two on low flame. The ginger will start to release an aroma.

Then add the sugar and washed mixer jar with milk , a pinch of salt.

Stir continuously on low flame.

When it stars to leave the bottom of the pan and starts to form a ball in the center.
Test take a bowl of water add a teaspoon of the mixture when it forms a soft ball then it's ready.

Remove into a greased tray and flatten it evenly with a greased butter paper. When still hot cut the vadi into shape you want.

Then let is cool for at least an hour then cut on the lines and Enjoy!!

Labels: Ginger, Poppy seeds, Almond, Sugar, Vadi, Sunday Funday, Root Vegetables, Candy

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My friend got this Urad Dal Vadi from Punjab, so I thought of combining both and made a main course dish which is so quick and lip smacking. This is made in the pressure cooker.

Ingredients
1 large Urad Dal Vadi - broken into small pieces
1 Cup Dried Black Eyed Peas/Chawli
½ Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
½ Teaspoon Turmeric powder
1 Teaspoon Red Chilly powder - or your spice leve
2 Teaspoon Coriander powder
1 Teaspoon Sea Salt or to taste
Oil as required
Grind To Paste
1 Medium Onion
1" Piece Ginger
3 Big Cloves Garlic
2 Large Tomatoes - pureed

Method
Wash and soak the black eyed peas for at least 2 -3 hours.

In a pressure cooker add a teaspoon heaped fry the vadi for a minute or two. Remove and keep aside.

In the same cooker add 2 tablespoons of oil, when heated add the cumin seeds and when it splutters, add the onion ginger garlic paste and sauté well till the onion starts to turn golden and oil seperates. Then add the puréed tomatoes along with all the dry spices, salt, turmeric, red chilly and coriander powder and fry well till oil surfaces.

Now add the fried vadi and

black eyed peas, sauté for a minute.

Add water an inch above the level of the black eyed peas and give it a good mix Cover the cooker with a lid and one medium high flame take one whistle and reduce the flame to low. Reduce the flame to low and keep it for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, increase to high and take one whistle. Switch off the flame and let the cool for 5 minutes.

Open and check for the consistency of the gravy, add water accordingly. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.

Serve hot with hot chapattis or steamed rice. The flavor of this dish was just too good.

Labels: Black Eyed Peas, Vadi, Main course, Curry, Vegan, Gluten free, Sunday Funday, Indian

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