Instant Bread Vada

Name: Bread Vada
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 5 slices White Bread; Oil (for deep frying); 1 cup Yogurt; ½ cup Carrot (shredded); ⅓ cup Onion (finely chopped); 2 Green Chillies (chopped); 1 Teaspoon Curry Leaves (chopped); 2 Tablespoon Coriander (chopped); 1 Teaspoon Ginger (grated); 1 Tablespoon Mint (chopped); ⅓ cup Rice Flour; Salt (as required); 1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds; ¼ Teaspoon Chilli Powder

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Bread Vada - a delicious deep-fried patty that goes perfectly well with a cup of coffee or tea. This delicious and indulgent vada made with white bread slices a few spices and vegetables has a crispy outside and soft inside.

These deep fried Indian snacks are the perfect solution for a rainy day, a special occasion, or a crispy snack craving.

It is an instant vada recipe, so make sure not to prepare the dough in advance or allow it to sit for a long time as the moisture from yogurt and onion alters the dough's consistency and vada tends to break while frying in oil.

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This is one of the clever ways to use up leftover or stale bread. Serve bread vada with tomato ketchup, Yogurt Mint Sauce, Green Chutney or Sweet Tamarind Sauce.

Why you will love this instant vada?

Best recipe to use up leftover bread

Easy to make with basic ingredients

No water required

Ingredients

Bread: I've used white bread. You may use wholemeal bread, millet bread or any kind of soft bread.

Vegetables: Onion, green chillies, carrot, ginger.

Herbs: Curry leaves, coriander and mint are used to infuse more flavours.

Whole & Dry Spices: I've used the most common spices cumin and chilli powder.

Liquids: Oil for deep frying and yogurt (curd) as a binding agent.

Flour: Rice flour is used to get a crispy texture.

How to make instant bread vada?

Roughly crumble 5 slices bread in a blender.

process shots of bread crumble in a blender.

Place bread crumbs, green chillies, mint, finely chopped coriander leaves, chopped onion, grated carrot, ginger, rice flour, curd and cumin.

Crumbled bread, spices, herbs and flour in a bowl.

Combine well to form a soft dough.

combining all ingredients to make bread vada dough.

Grease hands with oil, take a lime size ball and make medium-thick patties.

process shot of shaping patties on hands.

Fry vadas in oil, and flip in between for even browning.

Place fried vadas on a plate over a kitchen towel.

Enjoy delicious crispy and hot bread vada with tomato ketchup, tomato mint chutney, peanut coconut chutney or any other dip of your choice and a cup of masala chai.

Notes

Do not add water as yogurt acts as a binding agent which is sufficient to combine all the ingredients.

Adjust chili powder and green chilies as per your preferred spice levels.

You can break bread into small pieces with your hands instead of crumbling them in a blender.

Not just fresh bread even stale or leftover bread can be used.

Do not prepare the dough in advance or allow it to sit for a long time as yogurt and onion release moisture that makes vada break while frying in oil. Always prepare the dough and fry vadas immediately.

How to make bread vadas in air fryer?

Follow the same steps to make a vada dough.

Make the patties and arrange them in an air fryer basket with good spacing between them.

Brush each patty with oil, place the basket in an air fryer and set the temperature to 180 C (375F) for 10 minutes.

After the air fryer beeps, take out the basket. Gently flip the patties with a spatula and brush them with oil. Put the basket back in the air fryer and cook for another 5 minutes.

After the timer goes off, turn off the air fryer and remove the basket.

Take the vadas out and enjoy with your favourite chutney.

Note: The time the air fryer takes to bake vadas depends on the thickness of the patties. So adjust it accordingly.

FAQ

Can I store leftover vadas in the fridge?

These instant vada taste best when freshly made. However, if you store the leftovers in the fridge, you can still eat them within a day, although they won't be as crispy and flavorful as they were when freshly made.

How to use up leftover bread vada?

Transform leftover bread medu vada into a delicious chat. Break them into bite-size pieces and arrange them on a plate.
Top it with sweet tamarind chutney, green chutney, sweet yogurt and sev.
Finally, sprinkle chat masala and finely chopped coriander leaves.

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Bread Vada

Bread Vada is a simple and easy appetiser with most of the ingredients readily available in kitchen. This instant vada is crispy outside and soft inside infused with flavours of many vegetables, yogurt and few spices. Bread vada tastes good with tomato ketchup, mint sauce, mint and coriander chutney or sweet tamarind sauce.

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Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Indian

Diet: Vegetarian

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 25

Servings: vadas

Calories: 102kcal

Author: Geetha Priyanka

Equipment

1 Mixing Bowl
1 Kadai/Skillet
1 Slotted Spoon

Ingredients

1 Cup = 250ml ; 1 Tablespoon = 15ml ; 1 Teaspoon = 5ml

5 slices White Bread
Oil for deep frying
1 cup Yogurt
½ cup Carrot shredded
⅓ cup Onion finely chopped
2 Green Chillies chopped
1 Teaspoon Curry Leaves chopped
2 Tablespoon Coriander chopped
1 Teaspoon Ginger grated
1 Tablespoon Mint chopped
⅓ cup Rice Flour
Salt as required
1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
¼ Teaspoon Chilli Powder

Instructions

Roughly crumble bread slices in a blender.
5 slices White Bread
Transfer the bread crumbs to a wide bowl.
Now add carrot, onion, green chillies, coriander, curry leaves, ginger, mint, rice flour, salt, cumin seeds, chilli powder and yogurt.
1 cup Yogurt, ½ cup Carrot, ⅓ cup Onion, 2 Green Chillies, 1 Teaspoon Curry Leaves, 2 Tablespoon Coriander, 1 Teaspoon Ginger, 1 Tablespoon Mint, ⅓ cup Rice Flour, 1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds, ¼ Teaspoon Chilli Powder, Salt
Mix well so that all the ingredients are well combined and forms a soft dough.
Grease hands with oil and take a lime size ball from the dough.
Press gently and flatten the ball like medium thick patties.
Drop flattened patties in hot oil in a batch of 3-4 and deep fry.
Oil
Stir occasionally and turn once or twice for even browning, fry on medium heat till it turns golden and crisp.
Drain over paper towel.
Enjoy delicious crispy and hot Bread Vada with tomato ketchup or any chutney.....

Notes

Add shredded cabbage and spinach to make bread vada healthy.

Adjust chilli powder and green chillies as per your preferred spice levels.

You can break bread into small pieces with hands instead of crumble them blender.

Not just fresh bread even stale or leftover bread can be used.

Do not prepare the dough in advance or allow it to sit for long time as yogurt and onion releases moisture which makes vada to break while frying in oil. Always prepare the dough and fry vadas immediately.

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Why you will love this instant vada?

Ingredients

How to make instant bread vada?

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