Recipe: Medu Vada by Hatanoo.com Description: Alternative names for this food include wada, vade, vadai, wadeh and bara. It is most popular and ancient south Indian breakfast or snack item. Image: Ingredients: Black Gram (split, without integument) 1 Cup Water 0.5 Cup Salt 1 tsp. Cooking oil to deep fry Instructions: Prep. (03:00:00)Soad urad dal (black gram) for 3 hours. Prep. (00:03:00)Grind the soaked dal into mixer grinder after removing excess water by draining it. Prep. (00:05:00)Mix the dal batter and salt into a bowl continuously until it becomes soft. Cook (00:05:00)Place oil to heat in a frying pan. Once it is heated make patty shape of 2 tbsp. batter and create a hole in the middle with thumb. You can grease your hand with water to make it easy or use vada maker. Deepfry vada until golden brown and crisp. Prep. (00:01:00)Your vada is now ready and can be served with sambar and copra chutney. Prep. Time:03:09:00 Cook Time:00:05:00 Total Time:03:14:00