MALVANI WADE ll KOMBDI VADE ll HOW TO MAKE KOMBDI VADE

Kombdi vade is the speciality of Malvan.  This vade or puri is served along with  spicy chicken curry.  Malvani cuisine is famous in Konkan region of Maharashtra and Goa and some northern parts of West Karnataka.  Although Malvani cuisine is predominatly non vegetarian, there are many vegetarian delicacies too.  Malvan is a ton in the Sindhudurg district on the wet coast of Maharashtra.

This dish can be served along with a cup of tea also as I did it yesterday.  Since we are vegetarian, I had some choley with me and served along with it.

After browsing the net and discussion with various friends of mine how to make the Malvani Vade, I came to know that everybody got their own version and style of making it.  So I made according to my style, though I got the original recipe from Pratibha aunty.  

I am giving the original recipe as well as my own version.  Though the ingredients are roasted, powdered and then the vade is made, I used the  raw ingredients.

Let us look at the recipe now;

Time taken: 1 hour

Yield: 20-22 vade

Ingredients:

1 cup rice flour

1/2 cup moong dal (soaked) (normally urid dal is used)

1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder

1/2 tsp methi seeds

1 tsp coriander seeds

salt

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp black pepper powder (optional)

1/2 tsp red chilli powder  (optional)

1 tbsp hot oil.

water

Method:

grind the methi and coriander seeds to make powder out of it.  Wash and soak the moongdal for half an hour. Drain the moongdal and grind to a smooth paste.  Mix the rice flour, moongdal paste, turmeric powder,  methi, coriander powder, turmeric powder.  add hot oil.  Now add water slowly and make a dough out of it.  keep aside for half an hour.

Pinch out  small lemon sized balls and roll it out lighly with the rolling pin or you can press it in  a plastic paper with your fingers to make the puris.  Heat oil and deep fry them.  

How to serve:

serve hot with any kind of spicy curry.

Note:  If you want to serve it with curry, no need to add red chilli powder and pepper powder.

If you are serving with tea, you may add the above.

Now coming to the original recipe:

1 kg rice, 1/2 kg jowar,  1/4 cup chana dal, 1/2 cup urid dal, 1 tbsp methi seeds, 1/4 cup coriander seeds,  2 tbps saunf 

Method:  wash and dry the rice.  dry roast all the ingredients.  grind to a coarse powder means slightly in the rava form.  

Then you make the vade as per the procedure - but in this case you have to use lukewarm water to knead the dough.

Note:

If you do not want to go through the pain of washing, drying etc. another alternative way of preparing the same is 

roast the rice flour, roast the jowar flour, lightly roast the besan, urid dal