Butter vadai is a sweet snack which is prepared like vadai with rice flour and butter. The vadai is smeared with fine sugar powder. I learned this recipe from my grand mother.
What you need
Raw rice – 400 gm
Sugar – 500 gm
Butter – 200 gm
Ghee or Oil – 250 gm
Cardamom - 5 pieces
Cooking instructions
Grind the sugar and cardamom into powder. Soak the rice for an hour in water and drain. Grind the soaked rice finely without water.
Take a cup of butter and add 2 cups of rice powder to it. Mix well to make a paste. Shape the paste into small balls of desirable size.
Flatten the balls and make a small hole in the centre and spread on a wet cloth to avoid sticking.
Fry the flattened vadai on a low flame in boiling ghee till it is well cooked.
Allow the ghee to drain from all the vadais (about an hour). Smear all the vadais with powdered sugar and set aside for half an hour.
The delicious butter vadai is now ready to be served.
Vanaja Selva Ganapathy is a homemaker who is passionate about cooking traditional sweets and snacks.
