Kothimbir Vadi

Full written recipe Kothimbir Vadi
Prep time: 20-25 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 3-4 people

Green Chutney

Ingredients:

• COCONUT | नारियल 1 NO. (SCRAPED)
• FRESH CORIANDER | हरा धनिया A FEW LEAVES
• GREEN CHILLI | हरी मिर्च 2-3 NOS.
• GINGER | अदरक 1 INCH
• LEMON JUICE | नींबू का रस OF ½ A LEMON
• SUGAR | शक्कर 2 TSP
• SALT | नमक TO TASTE
• WATER | पानी AS REQUIRED

Method:

1. In a mixer grinder jar add the coconut along with all the remaining ingredients, make sure you don’t add a lot of water.
2. Grind everything into a coarse chutney.
3. Your quick & delicious chutney is ready.

Vadi

Ingredients:

• FRESH CORIANDER | हरा धनिया 100 GRAMS
• GARLIC | लेहसुन 10 CLOVES
• GREEN CHILLI | हरी मिर्च 3 NOS.
• CUMIN SEEDS | जीरा 1 TSP
• SALT | नमक A PINCH
• GRAM FLOUR | बेसन 120 GRAMS
• RICE FLOUR | चावल का आटा ¼ CUP
• WHITE SESAME SEEDS | सफेद तिल 2 TBSP
• SALT | नमक TO TASTE
• TURMERIC POWDER | हल्दी पाउडर ¼ TSP
• SPICY RED CHILLI POWDER | तीखी लाल मिर्च पाउडर ¼ TSP
• OIL | तेल 2 TSP
• WATER | पानी 60 ML (ADDED GRADUALLY)
• OIL | तेल
• SESAME SEEDS | सफेद तिल AS REQUIRED

Method:

1. To make the vadis you’ll first need to sort, wash & clean the coriander, make sure you oat dry the coriander after washing, it needs to be dry.
2. Further chop the coriander roughly & add it into a large bowl.
3. Then make a coarse paste by grinding green chillies, garlic & salt.
4. Add the paste to the fresh coriander & mix it well.
5. Further add gram flour, rice flour, white sesame seeds, salt, turmeric powder, spicy red chilli powder & oil, mix it briefly to mix all the ingredients.
6. Gradually add the water & combine everything to make a dough, it should not be to stuff not too soft.
7. Grease a tray or plate with oil & drizzle some white sesame seeds on it.
8. Place the dough & shape it to form 1 inch thick slab then drizzle some more white sesame seeds on the top.
9. Steam the mixture for 12-15 minutes over medium high flame.
10. Once steamed, take the tray out of the steamer & let it cool down.
11. Then remove the vadi slab from the tray using a spatula & cut it into squares or rectangle as per your size preference
12. Further fry them in moderately hot oil until golden brown, you can also shallow fry them, remove them into a sieve once fried.
13. Your Kothimbir vadis are ready.