Nadia bara tarkari (coconut vada curry) Orissa style

This is the popular dish of odisha..me and my husband are big fans of this curry with rice or roti... Looks yum easy to make & healthy...I had this recipe written down ages ago in one of my recipe diaries. I had the habit of writing down recipes that I found interesting but I rarely trying them out hehheh....my mother makes this curry once in a month & I just love this curry...the vada  is made of Channa Daal and  coconut paste...this is tatsy, easy to make , simple & healthy recipe...so friend withoutmuch ado lets start the recipe..

Ingredients:

Chana dal- 1 cup (soaked in water for 3-4 hrs)

Coconut grated- 1 ½ cup

Potato – 2 medim size (cut length wise)

Onions – 2 medium size chopped

Ginger garlic paste-2tblsp

Red chillies – 2 pcs

Tomato- 1 large size chopped

Turmeric- ½ tsp

Cumin Powder-Coriander Powder- 1tsp each

Bay leafs- 2 pcs

½ tsp cumin seeds

2 cloves of garlic

Garam masala powder- 1tsp

Oil

Salt as per the taste

Method:

Drain water from channa dal , Mix channa dal , grated cocout, salt,red chillies, cumin seeds, 2cloves of garlic &  make fine paste . Don’t add water to it.the batter should be thick like vada batter. Add salt & mix well.  make small small vadas from the batter. Heat oil in a non-stick pan and shallow  fry the vadas till light golden brown. keep them aside.

Heat 1 tsp oil in a kadai. Put the potatoes & shallow fry for 5-7 min. Till they turns to light brownish colour.

In a another pan, add oil, bayleafs and onions. When onions turn to golden brown in colour, add the G-G paste & tomatoes.Add turmeric powder, Cumin - Coriander powder and red chilli powder to the masala and saute till oil separates from masala. Then add the fried potatoes to the masala and mix well. Add 2 cups of water to the masala & cover the pan. Let the curry boils & When it starts boiling, add the Nadia bara’s and cook for another 3-5 mins. Don’t over cook the baras as they may break in the curry. Add garam masala powder. Mix gentely. your nadia bara tarkari is ready to serve now. Serve hot with roti / Rice.

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