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Vadakari / Vadakari with Falafel
Course
Side Dish
Cuisine
Tamil Nadu
Keyword
Falafel, vadakari, coconut milk, bay leaves
Prep Time
20
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
minutes
Total Time
40
minutes
minutes
Author
Rama G
Ingredients
1 cup finely chopped onion / ground onion
1 cup tomato puree ( approximately 2 tomatoes blended in the mixer)
1 tsp oil
2 bay leaves
4 cloves
1” cinnamon stick
2 green chillies
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp fennel seeds (saunf / sombu)
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tsp coriander seeds powder
½ tsp cumin powder
Salt to taste
1 cup coconut milk
1 cup Falafel broken into big chunks
Instructions
Heat oil and add bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon and fennel seeds.
Once they are roasted well, add the green chilli & ginger garlic paste and sauté for few minutes.
Add onion and sauté further till it turns pink. Do not brown the onions.
Now add the tomato puree, salt and all the dry masala and sauté for few more minutes.
Add water and half the coconut milk and bring it one boil
Add the broken Falafel
Allow the mixture to boil and then add the remaining coconut milk and mix well.Bring it to just one boil and switch off.
Garnish with coconut cream and coriander leaves.
Video
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Notes
You can use normal dal vadas instead of Falafel
if you do not have coconut milk, you can grind 1/2 cup coconut and add to the gravy.