Traditional recipe Tandalachi Vafoli

Traditional recipe Tandalachi Vafoli

Let’s see how to make traditional recipe tandalachi vafoli. This is a very old Marathi recipe. In old times this was special dish in festival meals. But in course of time this was left behind and is now almost forgotten. But in many villages, it is still prepared for festivals and other special occasions. This is a sweet dish. If you ae bored of having same sweet dishes, then this is a good option for you. You can call this as Marathi cake!! Try this recipe at home and drop a comment for me.

It gets nice perforated texture. This vafoli is not only healthy but also tasty recipe. Basically, this recipe doesn’t need lot many ingredients. You can easily make it from vary few ingredients those are readily available in your kitchen!! As the ingredients used are very basic, you can make it whenever you want!!

Recommended Recipes

1. Kakadiche Sandan – Marathi Recipe
2. Ambyache Sandan – Marathi Recipe
3. Shravan special Aartya Recipe – Marathi Recipe
4. Akshay Trutiya special Rava Sanjori – Marathi Recipe
5. Quick, Easy Rava Besan Burfi – Marathi Recipe

Some Interesting facts about Traditional recipe Tandalachi Vafoli :-

This is an age old traditional recipe. In older times people made vafoli prepared regularly for celebrations and festivals. In in the coarse of time people are forgetting it. As per our motto, we try to revive such forgotten recipes. So here I am with yet another traditional recipe, vafoli. The methos can vary from place to place. Please share you recipe if it varies from mine. This is not only easy to make but also super delicious. Besides, you can keep the dry flour ready and make vafoli whenever you want!!

Traditional recipe Tandalachi Vafoli

Print Recipe

Serves: 4 People Preparation Time: 10 Minutes Cooking Time: 20 Minutes 20 Minutes

Nutrition facts: 200 Calories 20 grams Fat

Rating: 4.5/5

( 4 Votes )

Ingredients

• 1 cup Surti kolam Rice
• 1/4 cup Wheat
• 2 tbsp Urad dal
• 2 tbsp Chana dal
• 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds
• Water as needed
• 1 tsp Sunth / dry Ginger powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp Cardamom powder
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 3~4 tsp grated dry Coconut
• 1 tbsp Curd
• 1 tsp Fennel seeds
• Gudh / jaggery to taste
• A piece of Charcoal
• Ghee

Instructions

Step 1: Blend rice, wheat, urad dal, chana dal and fenugreek seeds into coarse powder in mixer. The powder should have texture like rava.

Step 2: Transfer the powder into a bowl and add water. 

Step 3: Mix well and make thick batter like dosa batter. Make sure that the consistency od batter should be a little thin before soaking as the pulses will soak the water.

Step 4: Soak it overnight so that it will ferment nicely like idli batter.

Step 5: Next morning add dry ginger powder, salt, cardamom powder, turmeric powder, dry coconut, curd, fennel seeds and jaggery and mix everything well together.

Step 6: For giving smoky flavor, heat up charcoal really good and transfer it into a katori.

Step 7: Place the katori into the batter and add ghee.

Step 8: Cover it and rest for about 5 minutes.

Step 9: Remove the lid and take the katori out.

Step 10: Grease a dish well with ghee and pour the batter in it.

Step 11: Spread the batter evenly and garnish with dry coconut.

Step 12: Heat up water in a steamer and when it begins to boil, place the dish into it.

Step 13: Steam the vafoli on medium heat for about 10 minutes.

Step 14: Insert a knife into the vafoli. If it comes out clean, it means the vafoli is steamed well.

Step 15: Take the dish out and take the vafoli out with the help of knife.

Step 16: Vafoli is ready. Cut it into pieces.

Notes

• You can use dry nuts for garnishing the vafoli if you want.
• You can have it as it is or with gulavani.
• You can keep the dry powder ready and make vafoli whenever you want.

Recipe Video

Servings

This is an easy, simple yet delicious sweet dish. This vafoli looks tempting and is good option for your regular sweet dishes. Make it on some festival celebration. This can be a good travelling snack too!!