Suralichi Vadi – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Take water into a pot. 1 cup is in US cup measurement. It means 8 ounces.
• Add curd and beat it really good. We have to make buttermilk of it.
• You can use 2 cups of buttermilk instead of curd.
• Add besan, turmeric powder, salt, and ginger-green chili paste.
• Beat the mixture well. No lumps of besan should be left behind.
• Take a pressure cooker. Put a dish at the bottom of it and 1” water above it.
• Put the pot in the cooker and cook on medium heat until 3 whistles.
• Remember, we have to cook this on medium heat only. Do not keep the heat on high.
• After 3 whistles, turn off the gas and let the batter be inside the cooker for more 15-20 minutes.
• After 15-20 minutes, take the pot out of the cooker and beat the mixture again well.
• The process after this should be quick.
• Take a shallow tray or any shallow dish.
• Grease it with oil and spread 1 big spoonful batter on the tray.
• Spread it evenly. The layer should be thin.
• When you have spread the batter on one side, flip the tray over.
• Grease the other side with oil and spread the batter on this side as well.
• Let it cool down for about 7-8 minutes.
• Sprinkle fresh coconut and finely chopped coriander. You can skip coconut if you don’t like it.
• Cut the vadi with the help of a knife or cutter. Lift the vadi from one side and make a nice roll of it.
• Transfer the vadi into a dish.
• For making tadka, heat up 1 tbsp oil in a tadka pan.
• Add mustard seeds and let them pop up.
• Add cumin seeds and let them sizzle up. Add asafetida and chillies. You can skip the chillies.
• Cover the tadka for just about a minute.
• Add tadka on suralichi vadi.
• Again garnish with fresh coconut and coriander.