Eral Vaada/Prawn Vaada is a very famous street side food found in Nagore, Tamil Nadu India. It is a super tempting and delicious evening snack or breakfast recipe made with prawns and rice flour. Though there are different versions of making Prawn Vaada, this Prawn Vaada recipe is my mom’s and we all love it. Do try out this delicious Prawn Vaada recipe and post your comments here. Meanwhile do check out other interesting Fish/Prawn Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Mutton Recipes here.
Here’
how to make Eral Vaada with step by step photos…
Ingredients
|
Raw rice/Pacha Arisi |
2 cups |
|
Prawn/Shrimps [Small Variety |
250 gms |
|
Shallots/Sambar Vengayam |
25 |
|
Green Chillies |
6-7 |
|
Red Chilli Powder |
½ tsp |
|
Turmeric Powder |
¼ tsp |
|
Salt |
As needed |
|
Curry Leaves/Karuvepillai |
10-12 finely chopped |
|
Oil |
For frying Vaada |
Preparation
Time: 40 minutes Recipe Category: Snacks, Side dish
Cooking
Time: 40 minutes Recipe Cuisine: Nagore, Tamil Nadu
Fermenting
Time: 8 hours or overnight
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Prawn Fry/Eral Varuval/SouthIndian Style Eral Varuval with Video
Prawn Thokku/Eral Thokku/South Indian Style Eral Thokku with video
Tandoori Tiger Prawn on stove and in grill
Here's a short video on how to make Prawn Vaada in English & Tamil
Method
Preparing the Rice Flour and making the dough
Raw Rice/Paccha Arisi
Wash the raw rice thoroughly with water 2-3 times and drain the water. Add fresh water and soak for about 2 hours.
Drain the water completely. Spread a clean cotton cloth [two layers] on a clean surface or on a table.
Spread
the washed rice on the cloth and let it dry in shade inside the house. The rice
should be slightly damp but not wet.
When
the rice is moist enough, add it to the mixer and grind it to fine powder.
After
grinding it to a fine powder, sieve it well.
Now the
rice flour is ready.
Now add the rice flour to a bowl, add the required amount of salt to it and mix well.
Add
water little by little and mix the rice flour to make a soft dough.
Preparing the onions to be added to the dough
Peel about 25 shallots/sambar vengayam, wash 7-8 green chillies and keep it ready.
Chop the shallots to small round pieces. Slit and cut the chillies to fine pieces and keep them ready.
Heat about 2 tsp of oil in a kadai, add the chopped shallots, green chillies, one pinch of salt and saute until they turn just translucent. Now switch off the stove. [Do not saute for very long time]. Let it cool down.
Now add
the sautéed onion, green chillies to the rice flour dough.
Mix
everything really well, until thoroughly combined.
The
basic dough for the vaada is ready, it needs to be fermented. Close it and keep
it aside for 8 hours or overnight.
Cooking
the Prawns after the dough is fermented and ready:
Wash and Clean the prawns/eral without any mud for at least 3 times and drain the water. Add ½ tsp of turmeric powder to the washed prawns/eral, mix really well and then wash it one more time.
Devein
the prawns and wash it one more time and keep it ready.
Add the
prawns to a kadai/pan, add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, needed salt and
mix well.
Cook
the prawns on low medium flame. The prawns will release some water, sprinkle little more water and cook the prawns.
Wait for all the water to evaporate and the prawns will be ready by now. Switch off the stove.
Preparing
the Vaada
Take
the fermented rice flour dough, add finely chopped curry leaves to it and mix
well. The onions would have released some water and the dough will be even more
soft and pliable.
Make
small balls, pat them to make patties with a hole in the center.
Now insert the cooked prawns as shown in the picture.
Frying
Vaadas
Heat
oil in a kadai. When it is hot enough, slide the patties/Vaada to the oil
gently.
Flip and cook the vaadas on both sides until they turn to golden color.
Drain
it from oil and transfer to bowl lined with tissue paper.
Similarly fry all the Prawn/Shrimp/Eral Vaadas.
Here's a short video on how to make Prawn Vaada in English & Tamil
Super delicious tempting and authentic “Eral Vaada” is ready to be enjoyed. Serve hot and enjoy this delectable, crispy and tempting Vaada.
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