Kothimbir Vadi – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Take a bunch of coriander and clean it properly.
• Remove any yellow or rotten leaves. Separate the stalks and leaves.
• Wash the coriander with water really good to remove any dirt or soil present in it is removed.
• Spread the coriander on a towel or clean cloth and let it dry completely.
• Add besan, rice flour, green chili-garlic paste, red chili powder, turmeric powder, cumin seeds, sesame seeds, and salt.
• Mix everything well together without adding any water.
• Add very little water and make a thick dough.
• Apply a little oil and make the dough even.
• Make rolls from the dough. You can make 3 rolls from 1 bunch coriander.
• Take steamer and heat up about 1” water in it.
• Take steamer pot and grease it really good with water.
• Put the kothimbir Vadi rolls in it. Keep some space between two rolls as they puff up after steaming.
• You can use a cooker instead of a steamer.
• Heat up 1” water in the cooker. Put a pot and a dish on it.
• You can steam kothimbir Vadi in a cooker too.
• Steam the vadi on medium heat for about 15-20 minutes.
• After steaming, take the vadi out and let it cool down.
• Cut the rolls into pieces.
• Heat up oil and drop vadi into it. Fry the vadi unril light golden from both sides and take them out.
• You can shallow fry the vadi or can have the steamed vadi too.
• You can store steamed vadya in a zip lock bag in the freezer.