Basil Vada

Yesterday was Varalakshmi Vratham , I performed pooja and for offering I prepared these vadas.

Basil Vada is an easy crunchy Appetizer/Snack which can be prepared in no time using Basil, Rice flour, jeera, onions.

Happy Varalakshmi Vratham 

I love to make Vadas using different veggies, so this time tried using basil. Basil is a culinary herb commonly used fresh in cooking recipes.  This plant gives a spicy scent when and It has warm, clove-like flavor . These leaves are very good for health. In telugu these are called as Rudrajada or Tulsi chettu.

Ingredients:

Basil Chopped – 1 cup

Onions chopped - 1 no

Rice powder – 1 cup

Green chillies chopped– 4-5 no

Corn flour powder – 1 tsp

Jeera powder – 1 tsp

Coriander leaves chopped – ¼ cup

Curry leaves – 5 no

Baking powder – a pinch

Salt as Required

Oil/ Ghee – 2 tsps

Oil for deep frying

Water

Preparation

• Mix chopped Basil leaves, onions, coriander leaves, curry leaves, jeera powder, rice powder, corn flour powder, baking soda, chopped green chillies, and salt in a vessel
• Heat oil or ghee of 2 tsps
• Add heated oil to above mixture and mix well
• Make soft dough by adding little water to it.
• Divide the dough into portions.

• Make small balls and flatten into small round vadas
• Heat oil in pan and deep fry vada on medium flame till little golden brown and remove them on paper towel
• Serve with chutney or tomato ketchup. 

Sending this to Kid's Delight - Crunchy Snacks hosted by gayathri originally started by srivalli , Cooking with herbs and flowers - Basil hosted by Reva orginally started by PJ, Serve - It - Fried hosted by Krithi & Denny and to my event CC-Appetizers.