How to make Ulli Vadiyalu

Ulli Vadiyalu - How to make Ulli Vadiyalu

When we fry them in the oil, they look like onion pakoda.

Ingredients:

Black Gram/Urad Dal - 1 cup

Onion - 2 Large

Green Chilli - 7 to 9

Salt - to taste

Cumin Seeds - 1 tbsp

Procedure:

Soak Urad dal for 8 hours.

Grind it to a fine and smooth paste. The consistency of the batter should be very thick, thicker than that of vada batter. Do not add water. 

Chop onions length wise. 

Make paste of salt, green chillies and cumin seeds.

Add chilli paste, onions to grounded black gram batter. 

Once we add onions and chilli paste, the batter become a little bit loose. 

Mix well. Spread a plastic sheet under the sun. With the help of a spoon place the batter to make ulli vadiyalu. 

Let them dry completely. They will take two to three days to dry completely. 

Once they are dried completely store them in an airtight container. 

Procedure for Frying:

Heat oil in a kadai, drop each vadiyam in the oil. Fry them till they turn brown colour.
Serve Ulli Vadiyalu with any dal or even as an evening snack item also.