Javvarisi Vathal/Kanji Vathal/Sago Fryums

Vadams/vathal are my family's favorite and my kiddo eats it like a snack,we make different varieties of vathal in summer and store it.Usually I get it from India and this summer I wanted to try by myself as the weather is hot here.Since this is my first try I made a small batch and came out very well and like to share.This is a very simple and easy to make vadam and it is also called as kanji vathal in some places.Here is the recipe....

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Sago/javvarisi	1cup
Riceflour/arisimaavu	2tbs
Green chilly	5-7nos.
Cumin seeds/jeergam	11/2tsp
Asafoetida/perungayam	1/8tsp
Salt	to taste
Water	51/2-6cups
Curry leaves/karivepillai	2sprigs

Method

                          Grind the green chillies,rice flour and asafoetida and keep aside.Soak the sago for 30 minutes and cook it in a pressure cooker with 51/2 cups of water in a medium flame for 5-6 whistles.Once the pressure subsides,open the lid.

 Add the green chilly and rice flour paste to the cooked sago and turn on the stove and mix it till it gets cooked and becomes thick.Finally add the salt and cumin seeds and mix it well and let it cool to room temperature.

Spread a plastic sheet or wet cotton cloth under the sunlight and drop a spoonful of batter an inch apart.Let it dry for a day or till 3/4th is dried,after it is 3/4th dried,peel them from the plastic sheet or cloth and transfer it to a plate or tray and dry it completely for another 2-3 days.

After it is completely dried store it in an air tight container.
Fry it in the hot oil whenever it is needed and serve it with any rice preparation or have it as such as a snack.

Enjoy............................................

• The batter should be in dropping consistency,if it is too thick after cooling,adjust it with hot water. 
• If the batter is too thin add a tbs of rice and mix it well and cook it till it reached the desired consistency. 
• The batter becomes thick upon cooling so adjust the consistency after cooling if it is not in the dropping consistency. 
• Food color can also be added if you want it colorful.
• Just drop the batter on the sheet or cloth,do not flatten it with the ladle to thin,otherwise it stick to the cloth or sheet.
• If you are using the cloth to drop the vathal,before peeling the dried vathal sprinkle little water on the back side of the cloth and keep it for 5 minutes.
• Instead of green chillies,red chillies can also be used and the color will be in pale orange. 
• The sago can be powdered and used,if you don't want the whole sago.
• I used 1 red chilly and 5 green chillies.

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Arisi vathal /vadam

My hubby's meal won't finish without vathal/vadam or pappad . So I always get the vathal from my India  trip.My mom makes excellent vathal every summer and keep it for the whole year.Due to some health reasons she couldn't make vathal this year and send it to me,so I tried by myself and came out very well.This can be made inside the house or in the patio and doesn't need much sunlight.This particular recipe I got it from my sister's MIL who makes it very often.

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Rice flour	2cups
Javarisi/sabudana/sago	1/4cup
Green chilly	5-6nos.
Cumin seeds(jeera)	2tsp
Asafoetida	1/2tsp
Oil	2tsp
Salt	to taste

Method

Soak the sabudana/sago overnight and grind it with green chillies and salt. Mix it with rice flour and make into batter(should be like dosa batter)add in cumin seeds to it.

Keep a wide mouth pan on the stove top and add water to it and place a small bowl or rim  for steaming the vadams.Take 2-3 stainless steel plates of same size and grease the plate.

Drop a spoonful of batter and spread it like a dosa in a circular motion.

Keep the prepared plate in the pan and cover it with the lid and steam it for a minute.Meanwhile spread the another plate.After a minute take out the cooked one from the steamer and keep the next plate and cover it with the lid.

Now take out the cooked one from the plate and spread it on the aluminium foil or plastic sheet on the kitchen counter top for drying.Continue the same process for the rest of the batter.Grease the plate every time(mix 2tsp of oil with 100 ml of water,can be used for greasing).

Dry the vadams for 2-3 days till it gets dried completely and store it in an air tight container.Fry it in the oil whenever needed.

Enjoy it with all the rice preparations.
  

• Sesame seeds can also be added.
• Instead of rice flour freshly ground raw rice can be used.
• Green chillies can be substituted with red chiillies which gives a nice pale orange color to the vathal.

Sending this one for condiment mela.

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