Keerai Vadai / Spinach Vada

 Keerai vadai / Keera vada / Spinach vada is a deep fried crunchy and healthy teatime snack made using green spinach, whole white urad dal, green chilly, ginger, cumin seeds and black pepper. Keerai Vada / Spinach Vada recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Keerai Vadai / Spinach Vada.

Ingredients:-

Spinach/ Keerai. -a small bunch

 Urad dal.           -250 gm
Green chilly       -3/4 tsp chopped
Ginger chopped.-3/4 tsp
Cumin seeds.     -1/2 tsp
Black pepper.     -1/2 tsp
Asafoetida.         -1/4 tsp
Curry leaves.      -1spring
Coriander leaves.-few
Salt.                     -to taste
Oil.                      -for deep frying

Instructions -

1). Wash and clean spinach 2 to 3 times in water. Put the washed spinach in a colander to drain water completely and finely chop spinach.Wash and chop green chillies into thin round pieces. Peel, wash and finely chop ginger. Finely chop few coriander leaves and curry leaves.Keep all the above ingredients on a plate.

2). Smash cumin seeds and black pepper using mortal and pestle. Keep aside mashed cumin seed black pepper mixture.

Method:-

1). Wash and soak whole white urad dal in water for 2 and 1/2 hours. Drain and remove the soaked water completely from soaked urad dal. Add the drained urad dal in a mixer grinder and grind it 2 to 3 rounds without adding water and make a dry and coarse consistency batter.Transfer the ground urad dal batter to a bowl. Add thinly chopped green chillies, finely chopped ginger, mashed cumin black pepper mixture, asafoetida, finely chopped coriander leaves, finely chopped curry leaves and finely chopped spinach into the bowl and mix well with the ground urad dal batter using your hand.

2). Wet your hand in water and take a small portion of the batter mixture and make it a round shape and keep it on a greased plastic sheet. Slightly press it to make flat vada shape and put a hole in the middle. Make flat vada shape with hole using the remaining batter mixture and keep them on a plate.
Heat oil in a deep frying kadai.Once the oil is hot drop the flat vadas one by one in hot oil and deep fry them in batches till crispy and golden brown. Remove the crispy vadas from hot oil using slotttted spoon and transfer to a bowl.

3). Deep fry the remaining keera vadas /spinach vadas in hot oil and transfer to a plate.

Crispy, crunchy, tasty and healthy Keerai Vadai / Keera Vada /Spinach Vada is ready to serve with a cup of hot tea or coffee.