Ok now that you know of one deep fried love with bitter gourd, I can as well talk about Goru chikkudu kaya or as we call it, Mattikaya. This wonderful way of making a vada, was an inspiration that Athamma had after seeing it somewhere. When I got back home, she was excited about this dish and was telling me for a while. Well she spent quite a lot of time talking about this, that I finally decided its time to make it. It was nice knowing that Peddu liked this, so I was glad he got to eat some veggies this way.
So I thought a snack alternating with soups will be a great thing, Every night when I have my soup, Konda will want to taste that and she says its so yummy mummy! I will tell her she can eat her dinner instead of trying to drink only soup and not skip her dinner. She gets very curious seeing the colour, then slowly sipping it, she says wow.Well that makes it all the more nice. And these vadas, we made using her toy mold that she had. We saved it for using it for shapes. So she was excited that these came out in good shape.
For Savory snacks for kids, check out the Sada Murukus
Ingredients Needed:
Cluster Beans - 1 cup
Onions - 1 medium
Besan - 3/4 cup
Rice Flour - 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Green Chillies - 2
Ginger Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves
Oil for Deep Frying
Method to prepare:
Trim the ends of the cluster beans and par boil it. Drain it over the sieve, so that excess water comes out.
Then in a bowl, take the chopped onions, ginger garlic paste, besan, salt, rice flour chilies along with squeezed out cluster beans.
Mix well, then add enough water to get a batter enough to drop in. The batter shouldn't be too thin.
Heat a Kadai with oil, shape as you like and gently drop them into hot oil and cook on both sides.
These make a lovely evening snacks for kids and also you can get them eat the vegetable, afterall its not a problem for the small ones to eat deep fried stuffs!
rekhas kitchen says
ahaah with a cup of hot tea superb recipe
Sharmila says
Gawar vadas?! Wow .. you do come up with the most unique stuff. 🙂
Bhawana says
Thats great Srivalli, for me pakoda made of beans. yummmy.
Curry Leaf says
Healthy snack with steaming cup of tea.This is new for me though
Vij says
Chai n this snack - heavenly combo!!! the hearts look cute!yummmy diff. post
Divya Kudua says
Vadas..wish they were not so full of calories..I could have munched on it forever..;-).Vadas with cluster beans is something new..;-)
Divya Vikram says
How come you get ideas to make these snacks Valli..Making deep fried goodies healthy!
karuna says
these look good with a cup of tea....i have joined the marathon too. yuhooooo!!!
Priya says
Wow looks great, this is completely new for me...thanks for sharing..
Alka says
Never in my dreams did i imagined that cluster beans could be used to make snacks like these...
Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe !
Madhu says
Very new, nice recipe Sri. Vadas with veggies taste excellent.
Uma says
goru chikkudu vadalaa! wow, superb Srivalli. They look so mouth-watering.
Kalai says
Wow! What a creative idea! Looks delicious, Valli! I have an award on my blog for you. Please accept when you can. 🙂
Happy cook says
They indeed looks super delicious. Wish i had few of them at this moment with me.
Roopa says
wow the name is cute:) and the snack looks very crispy and tasty:)
Adlak's tiny world says
hi sri its quit new and diff. must be perfect snacks for kids hm...for all indeed.
Kitchen Flavours says
How simply you made an innovative recipe. Looks awesome.
Medhaa says
looks yummy, hidden veggies for kids good idea
Aparna says
Cluster beans in fritters? That's a new one to me, Srivalli.
I'm sure its very tasty. I'm a person who doesn't like raw plantain but diguise it in batter and deep fry it, and I'm like it. 🙂