Name: Nagpuri Vada Bhat (Traditional Vada rice of Nagpur) recipe by Sneha Marathe at BetterButter
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: For Vada -; Split gram dal - 100g; Bengal gram dal - 60g; Red gram dal - 40g; Lentils - 40g; Black gram dal - 40g; Rice - 40g; Cumin seed powder - 2 tsp; Coriander seed power - 2 tsp; Turmeric powder - 1 tsp; Red chilli powder - 1 tsp; Hing - 1tsp; Curry leaves - 1 tbsp; Oil for shortening - 50 ml; Salt for taste; Oil for frying; For Rice -; Basmati rice - 3 cups; Water for cooking - 6 cups; For Vagar -; Oil (use the remaining oil after frying vadas for vagar. Here oil is saved and the vagar gets flavor of vadas); Mustard seeds - 1tsp; Hing - 1tsp; Turmeric - 1tsp; Red chilli powder - 2tsp

ABOUT Nagpuri Vada Bhat (Traditional Vada rice of Nagpur) RECIPE

Nagpuri vada bhat is a traditional rice dish of Nagpur. It has 3 components, Vada made from different sprouts and dals, Rice and spicy vagar on the top. (Phodni in Marathi). It tastes amazing and my grandma who stays in Nagpur used to make it for me in every summer vacation. I have very fond memories related to this dish.

Ingredients Serving: 8

For Vada -
Split gram dal - 100g
Bengal gram dal - 60g
Red gram dal - 40g
Lentils - 40g
Black gram dal - 40g
Rice - 40g
Cumin seed powder - 2 tsp
Coriander seed power - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Hing - 1tsp
Curry leaves - 1 tbsp
Oil for shortening - 50 ml
Salt for taste
Oil for frying
For Rice -
Basmati rice - 3 cups
Water for cooking - 6 cups
For Vagar -
Oil (use the remaining oil after frying vadas for vagar. Here oil is saved and the vagar gets flavor of vadas)
Mustard seeds - 1tsp
Hing - 1tsp
Turmeric - 1tsp
Red chilli powder - 2tsp

Instructions

For vada -
Soak the rice and all the pulses separately overnight.
Next day, drain the pulses and grind coarsely. Do not make paste. Texture should be coarse.
Add all the spices and curry leaves to the mixture.
Heat the oil (for shortening) and add hot oil to the mixture.
Mix well and form small vadas (balls).
Fry in the oil till crispy and golden from outside.
For Rice -
Cook the rice in the water in rice cooker or open cooking. Make sure the rice grains remain separate after cooking. Rice shouldn't be sticky and pasty.
Vagar -
Heat the oil.
Add mustard seeds and other spices in it. Fry for 2 mins till the spices release aroma.
How to eat -
Put rice on the plate. Crush some vadas in the rice and mix it. Add hot vagar from the top and mix again. Enjoy the delicious vada bhat.

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