Muttakose vadai is a dish I learnt to make from my mother. Because it is a steamed dish, it hardly absorbs oil and retains the nutrients.
What you need
Chopped cabbage: 3cups
Bengal gram (Channa dal): 1 cup
Split pigeon pea (Toor dal): 1cup
Green gram (Moong dal): 1 cup
Oil: 4 tsp
Red chillies: 10
Asafoetida: 1tsp
Salt: to taste
Curry leaves: a few
Cooking instructions
Soak all three varieties of gram in water for 30 minutes.
Grind it with chillies and salt and curry leaves.
Add chopped cabbage and asafoetida.
Make vadais by steaming it on idli plates.
Fry the steamed vadai in a pan with 2 tsp of oil till it turns crispy.
Serve with coriander chutney.
Shanthi Kamakodi is a homemaker who loves to dabble in cooking.
