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Healthy Baked Vadas
Cook Time
15 mins
 

Healthy, baked Vadas (Garelu) made without frying

Course: Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: garelu, mina pappu, ullunthu, urad dal, vadas
Author: Swetha Sivakumar
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Urad Dal (soaked in water overnight)
  • 1-2 Green Chilli deseeded and cut (I used Jalapenos)
  • Salt (to taste)
Instructions

  1. Soak Urad dal for 2 hours or more. Once they finish soaking, drain the water out. Add urad dal to high speed blender. Add green chili pieces. Add fresh water just enough to get the batter thoroughly grind into a smooth batter.

  2. Transfer the batter to a Stand Mixer, add salt and let it whip for 2-3 minutes (Use hand-held appliance or a whisk with your hand alternatively).  

  3. Pre-set oven to 450F (230C). Apply oil on the surface of the donut holes pan. Add batter to the pan. Place pan in the oven for 15 minutes.

  4. Remove pan from oven and brush oil to top of vadas. Set oven to broil mode. Place pan under broiler for 1 minute. Take pan out and let it cool for a few minutes before eating.

  5. If you are using the donut holes pan, bake time is 14 minutes and broil time is between 1-2 minutes depending on the oven. 

Recipe Notes

Make sure you set one oven rack close to broiler before getting started. Otherwise, the high heat will make it very challenging to pull out and rearrange trays right after baking.