Thursday, October 6, 2011

Baked Mushroom & Black-eyed Peas Vada

As i told earlier, am trying to keep myself from deep fried fritters and trying nowadays baking them in oven just to skip the excess of oil, coz am planning to make some crispy murukkus and many more deep fried savouries for upcoming diwali..Yesterday i prepared this healthy mushroom and black-eyed peas vada for celebrating Ayudha pooja in a healthy way, these baked vada tastes incredible when served as side dish for rice or else simply with sweet chilly sauce or ketchup or else with spicy coconut chutney, the addition of mushroom gives a wonderful texture to this usual black-eyed peas vada and everyone at home liked this vada very much..



2cups Black-eyed peas (soaked overnite)
1/2cup Button mushrooms (chopped finely)
1no Onion (chopped)
3nos Green chillies (chopped)
1tsp Ginger (chopped)
2nos Garlic cloves (crushed)
1/2tsp Fennel seeds (crushed)
Few Curry leaves
Few Coriander leaves (chopped)
Salt
Oil for brushing

Grind the black-eyed peas coarsely without adding water, if its too hard to grind just springle few drops of water..now add the chopped onions, chopped green chillies, ginger pieces, crushed garlic,chopped curry leaves, coriander leaves, crushed fennel seeds, chopped mushroom pieces and salt to the grounded batter..Preheat the oven to 350F,line a greased baking sheet over a baking tray and keep aside..

Make small balls from the vada batter and flatten them..Arrange the flattened vadas over the greased baking sheet,brush the top of the vadas with few drops of oil and bake for 20-25minutes until the crust turns golden brown, serve hot with any chutneys or sauces..

41 comments:

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

love the addition of mushroom in baked vadai..looks good!!

Finla said... Reply To This Comment

You are in a healthy ways , the baked vadas look yumm.

vandana rajesh said... Reply To This Comment

love the idea of baking the otherwise deep fried snacks. A guilt free indulgence and I am sure mushrooms added to the taste and flavour.

Rinku Naveen said... Reply To This Comment

Its tea time and feel like just crunching on those crispy vadas. Loved this guilt free version.

La @ FoodSlice said... Reply To This Comment

mushrooms in vada and that too baked.. this can't be bad!

Binys Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

wow awesome vadas...great dear

Mélange said... Reply To This Comment

Completely in with you there Priya.Excess oil is a real prob.This is a healthy idea and looks super crispy.And the ingredients are awesome too.Bookmarked.Thanks.Happy Navrathri to you and family !

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

Very appetizing and scrumptious vadas! Yum!

Ramya said... Reply To This Comment

That looks great!! great way to make a guilt free snack!

Sayantani Mahapatra Mudi said... Reply To This Comment

HAppy bijoya dashami wishes to you Priya, thats a lovely looking vadai and that too baked. yummy

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Perfect snack! healthy and very tasty! I am so happy that you are doing all these experiments with oven-baking instead of frying... I can happily prepare fat-free snacks thank to you ;-)

San said... Reply To This Comment

New combination which showcases the healthy version of vada priya. Like to have it with of cup of tea.

Archana said... Reply To This Comment

If I had not read the heading the pic would have made be believe I am looking at a fried vada. Absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing.
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Jeyashris Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

i was thinking to bake vadas for a long time. nice combo and healthy recipe

Pavani said... Reply To This Comment

delicious n yummy vadas..

Saraswathi Ganeshan said... Reply To This Comment

Totally new recipe for me..looks delicious!! Bookmarked it :)

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Awesome vadas,delicious and healthy snack

Nitha said... Reply To This Comment

Thats indeed a healthy version of vada..

chef and her kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

loved the concept of baking the vada..looks gr8

Treat and Trick said... Reply To This Comment

Totally healthy and awesome!


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Prathima Rao said... Reply To This Comment

Mushrooms with black eyed peas is a new combo..Nicely bakes, looks crispy & super tempting...
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Mrs.Mano Saminathan said... Reply To This Comment

Without oil, this baked vadas seem very healthy and delicious!

Umm Mymoonah said... Reply To This Comment

Looks very yummy, definitely a great appetizer.

Sensible Vegetarian said... Reply To This Comment

Nice combo, looks so delicious.

Alpana said... Reply To This Comment

Very Interesting combo........& baked snack ,very healthy & delicious.

saffronstreaks said... Reply To This Comment

Happy Dusshera Priya, you are always up for healthy snacks...baked vadai looks yummy

Kurryleaves said... Reply To This Comment

interesting recipe...looks really yumm

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

baked to perfection!...looks delicious minus the guilt!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

wow, baking, the usual deep friend things always sounds good and tempting.

KrithisKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Mushrooms in vadas!! Wow.. you rock...
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Cham said... Reply To This Comment

Vadas are looking incredibly crisp! Never though of baking -nice try!

Vaishali Sharma said... Reply To This Comment

Wow Priya! Vadas look so delicious and healthy.
Catching up on your delicious recipes. :)

Raks said... Reply To This Comment

Such a healthy bite,nice recipe

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said... Reply To This Comment

Where do u get different ideas in preparing unique dishes da....the vada looks so crispy and crunch. A perfect tea-time snacks:)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Crsipy and perfect vadas

MyKitchen Flavors-BonAppetit!. said... Reply To This Comment

Hi Priya,this baked mushroom and karamani vada luks healthy,yummy and a better option.Highly ingenious.

Mrs K said... Reply To This Comment

Priya,they look so scrummy,and I am surprised the black eyed beans were not boiled prior to grinding.That is very interesting,I have to try these:)

PriyaRaj said... Reply To This Comment

healthy nutricious vada ..very interseting dear ..

Elisabeth said... Reply To This Comment

Another yummylicious winner recipe! Love the mushrooms and black-eyed peas combination!

Poornima Nair said... Reply To This Comment

Thats a really healthy vada, looks amazing!

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

what a brilliant idea.. I got to try it..