Chicken Vada | Kari Vada | With step by step pics & video. A crispy & savory deep-fried fitter is a popular street food of South Indian cuisine. Crispy on the outside & soft inside. A twist to paruppu vadai. Best evening snack with a cup of tea.
How to make chicken vada | kari vada?
A crispy chicken kheema vada made by deep-frying the blend of minced chicken, chana dal, spices, and fresh green leaves. Learn how to make Kari vada with the help of video and stepwise pictures.
In this recipe, we will be cooking chicken in a pressure cooker & shred the meat from the bones. The meat is then minced along with the other spices & chana dal/kadalai paruppu. While grounding the chana dal, do not add any water to make a coarse paste. It has to be dry or otherwise, it may absorb more oil while deep frying. The prepared batter is then deep fried till it is crisp golden in color. When served hot this tastes super crispy outside and juicy inside. It is a perfect delicious alternative to normal masala vada.
These chicken vadas are equally good with sambar rice, and rasam rice. Furthermore do kindly check out paruppu vada recipe from our snacks section too. Hope you would like them too.
Chicken Vada
Course: SnacksCuisine: IndianDifficulty: Medium8
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minutesChicken Vada | Kari Vada | With step by step pics & video | Crispy on outside & soft inside. A twist to paruppu vadai. Best evening snack with a cup of tea.
Ingredients
Oil for deep frying
- Soaking
1 cup kadala paruppu/chana dal
- To Pressure Cook
300 gm chicken(bone-in)
1/2 cup water
salt as required
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp chilly powder
- To Blend
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 tsp fennel seeds/sombu
1 garlic clove
1 tsp chopped ginger
1 or 2 green chili
2 tbsp fresh coriander leaves
some curry leaves
salt as required
Directions
- Soak 1 cup chana dal/kadala paruppu for 3 to 4 hrs.
- Strain the dal & keep it aside.
- To Pressure Cook
- Add 300 gm bone-in chicken pieces in a cooker.
- Mix the pieces well with 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp chili powder & salt as required.
- Then add in 1/2 cup water & pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles.
- Once pressure is released, open the cooker. The chicken will be left cooked along with the stock.
- Now put it on flame & cook until the stock is covered fully inside the chicken pieces.
- Once done, switch off the flame & allow it to cool down.
- Once cooled, shred off the meat from the bones & keep it aside.
- For Blending
- Keep 1tbsp soaked kadala paruppu aside & add the remaining soaked dal/paruppu to a blender.
- Followed by, chicken pieces, 1/2 cup chopped onion, 1 tsp chopped ginger, 1 garlic clove, fresh coriander & curry leaves, 1/2 tsp fennel seeds/sombu, 1 or 2 green chilies, & salt as required.
- Blend these ingredients into a coarse paste.
- Do not add water. The moisture in chicken is enough to make the vada batter.
- Transfer this batter to a bowl & add in the 1 tbsp soaked dal kept aside. Now mix and combine everything properly.
- Check for seasoning once again.
- Making Vadas
- Meanwhile, heat oil in a kadai to deep-frying temperature.
- Wet your hands & scoop out small balls.
- Make vada shape by pressing the balls firmly in between the palms.
- Fry in medium hot oil for around 4 minutes.
- When the bottom sides are done flip the vadas and fry the other sides in the same manner.
- Allow the chicken to cook properly for at least 5 to 7 mins until they become golden brown in color.
- Remove from oil when the hissing stops.
- Our chicken vadas are ready to be served.
Recipe Video
Notes
- Do not add water while blending. The moisture in chicken is enough to make the vada batter.