Maddur Vade is specialty snack available in Maddur district of Karnataka State, India. It is a fritter made of semolina, rice and All-purpose flour with onion, chilies and so on. It is a snack that you can enjoy during a train journey between Bangalore and Mysore. However, I never got a chance to take that route so far, but maybe in future if get chance I am going to take it.
In India, majority of people do long distance travel to various places by train. Train service is one of the well equipped affordable transportation. Longest train journey I have undertaken is took when I had to visit New Delhi, by Kerala Express. It takes about approximately about 72 hours. Train usually leaves Trivandrum on time, but somehow does get delayed by the time it reaches New Delhi. When you reach every station, you can hear vendors calling chaya kappi/ Tea, coffee and selling goodies. I don’t know how they sell quite a lot in a few minutes that the trains usually halt. There are also a few stations, you can get some special goodies, for example in Kollam it is parippu vada, at Eranakulam it is meals packet consisting of rice and curries, at Trichur it is banana chips and in Palakad it will be Halwa and Pazham pori and when train reaches neighboring state Tamil Nadu, you can get good Idly ( steamed rice cakes) with sambhar and coffee, like list goes on. Just like this in Maddur station they sell this Vada even got name after its place.
When I searched Google for a recipe it came up with tons. I knew by experience that some exact proportion of ingredients is required to make vada tasty and crispy. When I looked into the ingredients list I found out that it has semolina, rice and all purpose flour. Semolina and rice will take care of crispiness where as the all purpose flour acts as binder and onion give tastiness. Addition of coconut and peanut gives crunchiness, spicy part is taken care by green chilies and curry and coriander leaves will enhance the flavor.
I know deep fried goodies are not good for your health, but still you if are carving for some what you will do, just go and make it? Yes I did that. One evening for tea, I made this snack, my little one and hubby told me they taste good. Since we don’t know the authentic taste, I can’t vouch for that, but still it taste really good and crispy. I am a fan of crispy fritters than soft ones. One advantage is that you can put it all together in less than 30 minutes without any soaking, grinding and so on. If you want crispy snack go for it, here is the recipe.
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What you need
Semolina/Rava: ½ cup
Rice flour: ½ cup
All purpose flour: ¼ cup
Cumin seeds: ½ teaspoon
Green chili: 1 no ( chopped finely)
Curry leaves: 2 tablespoon (chopped finely)
Cilantro/ Coriander leaves: 2 tablespoon (Chopped finely)
Onion: ¼ cup chopped finely
Asafetodia: ⅛ teaspoon
Coconut: 2 tablespoon (I used desiccated coconut)
Peanut: ¼ cup (un-roasted, if you want you can crush it in food processor, I used whole)
Ghee/ Clarified butter: 1 tablespoon
Salt: ½ teaspoon
Water: ½ cup
Canola oil: 4 cups
How I made
In a medium pan add semolina, rice flour and all purpose flour add salt and mix well; to this add cumin seeds and ghee.
Then add rest of the ingredients and gradually add water to form stiff dough.
In thick bottomed pan heat canola oil on a medium flame until it reach 375 F. You can also check the temperature of oil by dropping a small piece of dough into the oil. If it rises immediately then oil is ready for frying.
Divide the dough into 15 equal size balls. Take a Ziploc and place on ball of dough in the center and press it with your hand or wrist to thin circle of about ⅛ cm thickness.
Carefully drop the vade into hot oil. Fry in medium low flame until it becomes golden brown in color. It takes about 3 minutes. You can fry two –three vade at a time.
Once they are golden brown color remove them from hot oil using a slotted spoon and transfer to kitchen tissue to remove excess oil.
Enjoy the hot vade with chutney and Tea. (I enjoyed without any chutney)
Preparation time: 45 minutes
Yield: 15
Verdict: Crispy Yummy
Will you make it again: Yes.
I am linking this to Hearth and Soul blog hop #97 hosted here.
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Angie's Recipes says
These rice fritters look fantastic!
thelady8home says
I LOVE Maddur vadas.....I have never been able to get the recipe!! Thank you so much. Love your blog 🙂
Candace says
Oh my goodness, those look soooo good! The cilantro and cumin and curry combined with the coconut, onions, peanuts and spicy chili in them must taste amazing. Those are all of my favorite flavors combined in this tasty little treat. I would LOVE to try them. Right now would be good, actually!
Jay says
sounds amazing..!
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Priyas Feast says
Never tried madhur vada with peanuts..luks superb
radha says
We had this when we were traveling from Mysore to Ooty. Delicious. I now can attempt them at home. Thanks for the recipe
love2dine says
Looked so interesting I had to read. Great recipe. Buzzed!
Premalatha Aravindhan says
Delicious vada,luks inviting...
Unknown says
First time here, Vada looks awesome and what a story, quite interesting to read your write-up. I'm hosting an event ....if you're interested can link up your entry. Jayanthi(www.sizzlingveggies.com)
Home Cooked Oriya Food says
yummy and crispy one... looks perfect!
Spice up the Curry says
wow something new and interesting. looks so delicious. bookmarked
kala says
Wanna grab this crispy vadas and have one..
Marus says
I like very much to learn new recipes. Delicius!
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Tina (PinayInTexas) says
These are very healthy snacks! Look so good to munch on too!
Swati Sapna says
Though I'm a south-indian, have never had these Maddur Vades... They look crunchy and interesting! Will definitely try it soon.. and hey, deep-fried snacks once in a while are good for the soul 😀
Hamsamalini Chandrasekaran says
Crispy vada. Love peanuts in vada. Its awesome.
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Lubna Karim says
Adding peanuts is gr8 idea...would love to try these out.....
cookingvarieties says
hi swathi, this fritters really looks very appetizing- must be delicious...especially when you put a lot of spices and the curry leaves. have a nice day
Reeni says
Your crispy fritters look incredibly good Swathi! Great flavors.
Sowmya says
Delicious Maddur Vadas...I love 'em!
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Hema says
They look so crispy, nice adding peanuts to the vadas..
Lizzy says
If I was on a 72 hour train ride, I'd definitely splurge on a fried treat! These sound yummy!
Rebecca Subbiah says
these look great have traveled on Indian trains a few times in fact from Bangalore to Mysore but man 72 hrs is a long one 🙂
Elisabeth says
Such flavorful, colorful, and crunchy snack. Love your first photo, Swathi! Beautiful presentation, and great photo!
Sensible Vegetarian says
Looks so good and delicious Swathi.
Nalini's Kitchen says
Vada looks crispy and tempting...nice clicks.
Judy@SavoringToday says
Hi Swathi, I like the combination of savory flavors in this, sounds like real comfort food. 🙂 Thanks for sharing it on Hearth & Soul.
Shri says
Perfect!
Sushma Mallya says
They look so wonderful and yummy!
OTEADOR DE LOS MERCADOS says
I really like that combination of flavors. A very tasty snack. The problem is that some ingredients are hard to find here. Is the semola of wheat or rice?
Swathi Iyer says
Yes semolina is cream of wheat
Satya says
hi swathi
vades looks wonderful...yummy
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Tina says
Never tried this before...Looks delicious.
Priya says
I really miss those train travelling,maddur vade looks super crispy and definitely addictive..
Vineetha says
Never tasted this ...but looks very tempting 🙂
Suja Manoj says
Adipoli ,I too love this,loved your recipe dear..bookmarked.
Ramya says
I have tasted it at my friends place long back! Such a nice pictorial:-) Bookmarked !
Alea Milham says
How wonderful to have vendors at the train stations. I have taken long train rides across America and Europe and longed for vendors at the trains stations and was sadly disappointed.
The Maddur Vade looks delicious - so savory and crispy, the perfect snack.
Treatntrick treatntrick says
Crispy and delightful to munch with!
Sayantani says
looks real yummy.
Kaveri Venkatesh says
Nice post Swathi...I simply love Maddhur Vade...we used to stop especially at Maddur for having these vadas on our trips to Mysore.
Shobha says
The vadas look awesome..I will definitely try them ..once in a way it is ok to indulge in fried snacks.
Hamaree Rasoi says
I love this crunchy snack very much...perfectly made...
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Rasi says
I love madder vada.. when we would travel in car via to mysore a stop at madder was a must just for the vadas & for me :).. LOved them a lot...had never got the perfect recipe.. yours looks so good. can't want to try!
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Sobha Shyam says
i have tasted these long back, these look yummy and crispy 🙂
Srimathi says
Wonderful post. Almost made me want to travel by train just to have vadai and tea. Esp this one because it is crunchy and has peanuts in them. Awesome.
Prathibha says
I love maddur vade..looks delicious
Now Serving says
Love to learn new dishes - this one's new and I am bookmarking to try soon