Venkayya ( Onion ) Vadams

Vadam means sun dried vegetables that can be

made in summer and store it for year long..Venkaya

vadam is one of them..Though the process is tedious

the result is worth the labor..Amma used to make this

every summer...

Ingredients

Small onion - 3 kg

Urad dal - 1 cup

Red chillies - 30

Garlic - 3

Salt to taste

Mustard - 1 tblsp

Jeera - 1 tblsp

Hing - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - 1 bunch

Method

• Soak urad dal with enough water.
• Peel the skin of onions and chopped into big pieces.
• Chop garlic and curry leaves and add this to the onion.
• Add mustard , jeera ,turmeric to the onion.
• Grind dal with chillies , salt and hing till butter like consistency.
• Mix urad dal batter to the onion.
• Take a polythene sheet or white doti .
• Roll the vadam into bite size in the dhoti leaving some space between each.
• Keep it under the hot sun for 2 days.Turn the vadam and let them dry for another 2 days.
• Store it in a airtight container.
• When needed deep fry in the oil or fry in the MW for 2 min with 1 tsp of oil.

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