For the second day, I have a delicious snack from Gujarat. Made with bajra flour, these vadas are crispy and flaky and taste yum with a cup of coffee or tea. These are one of the dishes made two days before Janmashtami. The day before Janmashtami is Shitala Satam and they don’t light fire on the day. These vadas are served with some mango chunda and pickle. Even Dhebras are served on this day. As the vadas are deep fried they stay good even for two days.
When my sister was visiting me, I planned on making some snacks for her to serve during their arrival. As I had bajra flour in my freezer, I chose to make these crispy vadas. My taste tester for such recipes is Sruti. I didn’t want to serve them with out taste testing it as I was trying these for the first time. Sruti gave a thumbs up after tasting the vada and I was quite confident that my sister too would like it.
Usually fresh methi leaves are used for this vada or you can also make it plain without methi leaves. I didn’t want to skip the leaves but I don’t get them now. So I used kasuri methi in the dough and it was fgood. If using fresh methi, try to mix everything before adding water as the leaves them self have some water in them. While deep frying these vadas, have an eye on the flame. Use medium flame to fry the vadas and don’t over crowd the pan. The first batch, I kept the flame large, and the vadas started breaking. So the next batch I used medium flame and they turned out perfect. Adding ghee in the dough makes nice crispy vadas. So don’t skimp on it.
Recipe Source: Spice Up The Curry
Makes 20 Vadas
Ingredients:
Bajra Flour – 1 cup
Whole Wheat Flour / Atta – 1/4 cup
Salt – to taste
Ghee – 3 tbs
Red Chilly Powder – 1 tsp
Garam Masala – 1/4 tsp
Sesame Seeds – 1 1/2 tsp
Carom Seeds – 1/4 tsp
Kasuri Methi – 2 tbs
Yogurt – 1/4 cup
Oil For Deep Frying
Procedure:
In a bowl mix together all the dry ingredients.
Add ghee and rub the flour until it incorporates well.
Add yogurt and mix well.
Now add table spoons of water and make a stiff smooth dough.
Pich small portions and shape them into balle.
Press each ball to make a flat vada.
Heat oil for deep frying.
Deep fry the vadas on medium flame until golden on both sides.
Drain oil and store in a jar once they cool.
Enjoy with a cup of coffee or tea, or serve it with a pickle.
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Bajri Na Vada - Gujarati Snack Recipes
Ingredients
- Bajra Flour - 1 cup
- Whole Wheat Flour / Atta - 1/4 cup
- Salt - to taste
- Ghee-3 tbs
- Red Chilly Powder - 1 tsp
- Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp
- Sesame Seeds - 1 1/2 tsp
- Carom Seeds - 1/4 tsp
- Kasuri Methi - 2 tbs
- Yogurt - 1/4 cup
- Oil For Deep Frying
Instructions
- In a bowl mix together all the dry ingredients.
- Add ghee and rub the flour until it incorporates well.
- Add yogurt and mix well.
- Now add table spoons of water and make a stiff smooth dough.
- Pich small portions and shape them into balle.
- Press each ball to make a flat vada.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Deep fry the vadas on medium flame until golden on both sides.
- Drain oil and store in a jar once they cool.
- Enjoy with a cup of coffee or tea, or serve it with a pickle.
Never tried vada with bajra,must be a delicious one with all those flavor..
Vadas look so exotic, more like fancy kababs. Kasuri methi is a good substitute for fresh methi. Even I never tried vada with bajra.
Interesting version of vada na, no dal but still those crispy vadas are seriously very tempting. Feel like munching some..
Those vadas surely look so inviting Gayathri. Its fantastic that your tester is able to give your positive feedback all time…sinful one to enjoy, hope your sister liked these!
Nice one Gayathri. I have never made vadas with ground flour. Ill def give this one a try. They are so crisp and a nice variation to our regular vadas!
Learnt something new about the origin of these vadas. Nice presentation. I love the picture of the vadas with the tea.
what a healthy and yummy snack for sure
We make a similar version and call it as Bajre ki tiiki……Yours look delicious..perfect with a cup of coffee.
Very interesting vada recipe Gayathri. Never made anything like this with bajra flour — sounds so healthy & nutritious. They look just perfect for tea time.
Sounds delicious Gayatri. I am yet to try bajri na vada so I will love to try it.
Making vada with bajri flour is such a nice and healthy idea. It would make a nice and filling evening tea time snack.
Gayathri, you an excellent baker and health conscious too. Is it possible for you to convert these deep fried recipes into Airfried/baked?
Thank you.
Thank you so much Devi. Yes, you can easily bake these in oven or in an air fryer. Just apply a little bit oil on top of the vadas.
What temp should I try?
200C.