Kalmi Vada is a very popular, crispy and delicious appetizer. It is a snacks recipe for evening or breakfast. Deep fried bengal gram mix with potato and onion crispies can be enjoyed by serving hot with chutney or tomato ketchup.

Kalmi Vada Fries

Kalmi Vada is a very popular, crispy and delicious appetizer. It is a snacks recipe for evening or breakfast.

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Course: Breakfast, Evening Snacks Recipe

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: kalmi Vada

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Servings: 2

Calories: 221kcal

Author: Reshu Drolia

Ingredients

• 250 gm Bengal Gram chana dal
• 1 potato finely chopped
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1 inch ginger chopped
• 3 piece green chily chopped
• garlic
• coriander leaves Chopped
• Salt to taste
• ½ tsp red chily powder
• ½ tsp coriander seeds
• ½ tsp amchor powder Mango Powder
• Garam masala
• Oil deep fry

Instructions

• How to make kalmi vada
• Wash and soak chana dal for 2 hrs.
• Grind chana dal with ginger, green chily and garlic and make a thick coarsely paste, add little water while grinding (if required).
• Mix all the ingredients (potato, onion, coriander leaves, salt, red chily powder, coriander seeds, mango powder and garam masala) together and make a mixture.
• Take a big katori and tie a wet muslin cloth around it tightly.
• Sprinkle a little water over the muslin cloth and then place one portion of the chana dal mixture on it.
• Flatten the chana dal mixture lightly by using wet fingers.
• Heat oil in a pan, slide the vada in the hot oil on a medium flame and half fry till light brown colour.
• Take them out and let them cool on room temperature or freeze them for half an hour to make a tight shape.
• Repeat the same process for remaining vadas.
• When it became cool cut the vadas into long strips and deep fry again till they are golden brown and crisp. Drain on absorbent or tissue paper.
• Sprinkle Chat masala and serve.
• Serve hot with green chutney.

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Notes

Note:
1) Kalmi vadas are double fried.
2) Slice vada and double fry before serving.
3) You can refrigerate vada for 2-3 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 4g | Calories: 221kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 2g | Sodium: 596mg | Potassium: 700mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Vitamin C: 24.3mg | Calcium: 88mg | Iron: 5.2mg

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How to make kalmi vada:

• Wash and soak chana dal for 2 hrs.
• Grind chana dal with ginger, green chily and garlic and make a thick coarsely paste, add little water while grinding (if required).

• Mix all the ingredients (potato, onion, coriander leaves, salt, red chily powder, coriander seeds, mango powder and garam masala) together and make a mixture.

• Take a big katori and tie a wet muslin cloth around it tightly.

• Sprinkle a little water over the muslin cloth and then place one portion of the chana dal mixture on it.

• Flatten the chana dal mixture lightly by using wet fingers.
• Heat oil in a pan, slide the vada in the hot oil on a medium flame and half fry till light brown colour.

• Take them out and let them cool on room temperature or freeze them for half an hour to make a tight shape.
• Repeat the same process for remaining vadas.

• When it became cool cut the vadas into long strips and deep fry again till they are golden brown and crisp. Drain on absorbent or tissue paper.

• Sprinkle Chat masala and serve.

• Serve hot with green chutney.

Note:

• Kalmi vada’s are double fried.
• Slice vada and double fry before serving.
• You can refrigerate vada for 2-3 days.