Kombdi Vade

by Rita Naik Goraksha

Ingredients

For the chicken gravy

• 1/2 kg boneless chicken
• 4 to 5 medium size onions
• 2 to 3 tbsp ginger/ garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 3 tbsp ( maharashtrian red masala ) homemade
• Make a paste of little coriander & 1 green chilly
• Salt as per taste
• 3 to 4 tbsp oil

For the vade. You get ready made flour in the market but this is the recipe to make it homemade.

• 1/2 kg rice (Not necessary to wash. You can wash the rice and dry under the fan)
• 1/2 kg jawari
• 250 gm wheat
• 250 gm chana dal
• 250 gm udad dal
• 2 tbsp jeera
• 2 tbsp dhania
• 1 tbsp black pepper
• 1 tsp methi seeds

1. Make a paste of dry coconut, onion, coriander seeds, cloves, dalichini, poppy seeds
2. Marinate the chicken with ginger/garlic paste,& coriander & chilly paste about 1/4 tsp ,turmeric powder, masala & salt
3. In a pan put oil & fry the finely chopped onions. Then add the chicken to it. Sauté for sometime. When the sides leave oil just add the above paste 2 to 3 tbsp according to thickness. Add little water. Close the lid & take a whistle & simmer the gas for 5 to 7 mins.
4. Mix all the ingredients & grind into flour. To make vadas knead the dough with warm water at least 5 to 6 hrs before making them. Add salt & turmeric powder to the flour while kneading the dough. Take a plastic bag to tap the vadas on it. Deep fry in hot oil.