Kombadi Vade / Malvani Kombdi Vade ?
This spicy chicken curry is very simple to make in maharashtrian style using roasted coconut. Taste delicious with Vade (fried flat bread) mainly known as “Kombdi- Vade”. I learned this from my mother. Its all time favourite in our house. I want to share this simple recipe with you all….
Recipe for Chicken Curry as follows….
Ingredients :
- 2 tbsp Oil
- Whole Spices – 2 Bay Leafs, 1 Cinnamon Stick, 4 Cloves, 4 Black Pepper corns
- Pinch of Asafoetida
- 2 Medium sized Onions
- 1/2 kg Whole Chicken pieces
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 and 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Malvani Masala
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1 tsp Cumin powder
- 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- 1/2 cup Grated Coconut (Dry/ Fresh)
- 1 tbsp Lemon juice
- Salt to taste
- Chopped Coriander for garnish
Method:
- Heat oil in a heavy bottom non stick pan. Add Bay Leafs, Cinnamon Stick, Cloves, Black Pepper corns, pinch of Asafoetida and chopped onions. Saute till it become golden brown.

- Add Ginger Garlic paste and saute it.
- Now add Red Chilli Powder, Malvani Masala, Turmeric Powder, Coriander powder, Cumin powder and salt to taste and mix well.

- Add Chicken pieces and coat well with mixture.

- Add 1 cup hot water. Keep lid and cook on slow flame.
- Another side in a small pan dry roast coconut on slow flame. After cooling down grind in a smooth paste.

- After the chicken is cooked, add coconut paste in chicken, and simmer on slow flame.
- Add lemon juice and mix well.

- Adjust water and spices as per your curry’s thickness.
- Sprinkle Garam Masala and garnish with coriander leaves on your curry after the chicken is cooked and switch off the flame.

- Spicy Chicken Curry is ready to serve with Vade, Chapati, Phulka, Naan, Bread or White Rice .

Flat Fried Indian Bread/ Multigrain Puri (Bhajaniche Vade)
It is deep fried Multigrain puri (Bhajaniche Vade) taste delicious with Maharashtrian veggie or non-veg curry . I learned this from my mother and Its all time favourite in our house. I want to share this simple recipe with you all.
Recipe For Bhajaniche Vade as follows..
Ingredients :
Before making Vade you need to be ready with Bhajani flour.
Recipe for making Bhajani Flour is as follows..
For making vade flour :
- 1 kg Rice
- 1/4 kg Jowar
- 100 gram Urad Dal
- 100 gram Chana Dal
- 20 gram Coriander seeds
- 20 gram Cumin seeds
- 10 gram Fenugreek seeds
- Wash and drain rice.
- Dry it completely.
- Grind all ingredients in flour mill.
- Vade flour is ready to use.
For making Vade:
- 1 cup Bhajani flour
- 2 tsp Oil
- 1 small onion
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 cup boiled water
- Warm water to knead the dough
Method :
- Take Vade flour in a big bowl.
- Add grated onion, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt to taste and mix well.

- Add oil and mix again.
- Pour boiled water, mix and keep aside for 1 hour.
- Add warm water and make dough, not too soft/ hard.


- Make small balls from the dough.

- Apply few drops of oil on plastic and place a ball.
- Flatten that ball with your fingers.

- Heat oil in a deep kadhai or pan on medium flame.
- Check temperature of oil by adding small piece of dough.
- Add Vada in the oil. If it is hot enough, it will come up by itself.

- Tap vada with spatula to pop up.

- Flip both the sides and cook till it get nice golden brown colour.
- Drain vada on paper towel after it done.

- Make all vadas by following same procedure.
- Crispy and yummy Vadas are ready to serve with curry.

- Enjoy Bhajaniche vade and bhokache vade !!

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