Cabbage Vada / Vadai
Here’s a perfect companion for chai or coffee – Cabbage Masala Vada. Masala Vada is a fairly common snack in South India, but a variation with Cabbage is not so common. Ten simple ingredients make up this wonderful snack that will make your family asking for more. For more tea time snacks, check my onion pakoda recipe that is almost similar to this one.
Cabbage Masala Vada will be delicious with tomato sauce!
The preparation time is very short. So it comes in handy when you are out of snacks and don’t feel like shopping for some. Most ingredients are pretty common, but if you are missing any, I have made it easy for you to look them up in Amazon. Check out my Store for all of these ingredients. I have hand picked them based on my experiences.
Cabbage Masala Vada
For this recipe, I chose regular green cabbage, but the purple variety works well too. A common mistake most people do is they add water when they prepare the batter and the masala vada ends up absorbing lot of oil. It is important to keep the batter relatively dry when you prepare it. In fact, when you add salt to the ingredients, the onions and cabbage will provide all the moisture you will need. You can spice up the recipe by adding a little extra chili powder. I like to keep it medium spicy. So here’s the details for the perfect companion for Chai!
Steps for Cabbage masala vada
Cabbage Masala Vada
Ingredients
- 1 small Cabbage chopped
- 1 small Onion finely chopped.
- 1 cup Besan flour/ chick pea flour
- 1 cup Rice flour
- Salt to taste
- 2 tsp Red chili powder
- 2 tsp Coriander powder
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- Pinch of Asfoetida
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Place the chopped cabbage and onion in a mixing bowl
- Add all the spices - Chili powder, Coriander powder, Cumin seeds, Salt, and Asfoetida . Mix well and place it aside for 5-10 minutes
- Meanwhile, place a deep fry pan over a medium heat and required amount of frying oil (2-3 inch deep).
- Take small chunks of batter and shape them into 20-25 balls (About 1"-2")
- Gently flatten the balls to make sure they cook evenly.
- Make sure the oil is ready for frying by dropping a small piece of batter in oil. It the piece touches the bottom of pan and comes up instantly, the oil is ready.
- Drop the flattened batter in batches of 5-10 depending on the size of your frying pan.
- Fry them until they turn golden brown on both sides.
- Place the vada on a paper towel to allow extra oil to drip and let it cool a little.
Cabbage Masala Vada is ready!
Cabbage Masala Vada
Oh boy these look delicious! Do you think I could brush them with oil and bake them?
Thanks Letty! I never tried to bake them. But soon I will try it and let you know!
These sound interesting! So packed! Love the chickpea flour of course 😉
Thank you Rebecca 🙂 Yes me too!
You’ve got my mouth watering. Those look fantastic!
what a nice snack with chai.
These look delicious, there is only one spice I don’t have on hand and will have to see where I can purchase it.
I could eat cabbage at every meal! These sound so fun and delicious to make!
I have all those ingredients just waiting for me to make this. I love the idea of a savory snack with coffee.
These look like a real crowd pleaser!
I’m always looking for new cabbage recipes! I feel like it’s a way too underutilized vegetable! This looks marvelous, and I usually have everything for this on hand! Yay for a new snack!
Thank you! Hope you will enjoy this snack!
This sounds perfect for breaking the fast during Ramadan. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Razena 🙂
You had me at cabbage. Can’t wait to try these.
Your recipes are so interesting! I never would have thought to make cabbage into little patties to fry! I have some in my fridge right now that definitely needs to be turned into these. Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you Tess 🙂 let me know how it turned out for you:)
That looks amazing. I’d imagine the cabbage inside would still have a little crunch to it. I’d love to try that!
Thanks Dave! These are crunchy and soft, and delicious snack:)
I’ve never tried this but it sure does look delicous! 🙂
I love cabbage and these look super delicious! I would love to try baking them 🙂
Thanks Aimee 🙂 that’s wonderful idea. Next time I will do the same thing!
I have never heard of this, but it sounds amazing! Cabbage is so good, and this recipe sounds epic!
This recipe sounds delicious! Never tried adding cabbage, need to try it!
Thanks Anjali! Adding cabbage makes more sumptuous 🙂
I adore cabbage. What a unique way to use it! They sound delicious. I would definitely up the chilli as per your suggestion. they would be great served with mango chutney and raita!
Thanks Mel! Yes absolutely any chutney will make this snack more tastier!
We love cabbage fritters and vada sounds so much more fun. I’ll try the recipe soon.
Thanks Molly!
These look so cool! I’m a big lover of cabbage (yes, people like that exist) so this recipe is perfect for me! Can’t wait to try it out! Thanks!
These sound amazing, love all the flavors. Perfect as appetizer, with ketchup and fries. So many delicious ways to eat them!
Oh yum, these sound delicious! I am always on the lookout for recipes to use up the cabbage I always end up with at the end of the week, and these sound just perfect!
Indian spices and cabbage sounds like a delicious combo! Anything in cute little fried patties like this has my vote. 🙂
Sounds so yummy! I love discovering new food like this!