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13 safed vatana recipes

Last Updated : Sep 12,2024

Safed Vataana Recipes

dried white peas recipes, safed vatana recipes. Safed vataana are also known as dried white peas. These peas, unlike the green peas, are available all year round. They are nothing but mature peas that are harvested and then dried. As the name suggests, these are off-white, yellowish in color. The white peas can either be whole or split and both have to be soaked in water before cooking. In India they are used many a times when fresh green peas aren’t available.

सफेद वाटाना रेसिपी - हिन्दी में पढ़ें (safed vatana recipes in Hindi)
સફેદ વટાણા રેસીપી - ગુજરાતી માં વાંચો (safed vatana recipes in Gujarati)

Indian Safed Vataana Recipes

Even though most famously used for Maharashtrian recipes, these dried peas can be a replacement for green peas in many recipes. One of the most popular street foods of Mumbai, Ragda Patties, uses dried white peas as one of its main ingredients. This dish is made of two parts – the soft patties and a rich, spicy Ragda. This ragda is only made with the dried white peas, cooked with tamarind, jaggery and spices and has a luxurious mouth feel.

Misal PavMisal Pav

The streets of Delhi serve up the Dahi Ragda Chaat in which the ragda is the main component, served up with some cold dahi, spicy and sweet chutneys and crunchy sev to top it. The mixing of cold and hot makes this dish very fun and unique to eat. Misal pav is also a popular dish in Maharashtra. It consists of mixed kathol (different sprouts and legumes) cooked in a very spicy masala and topped with farsan and raw onions!

Ghugni, Bengali Style Diabetic SnackGhugni, Bengali Style Diabetic Snack

In the eastern states of Assam and Bengal, safed vataana are cooked with a traditional eat Indian gravy to make Ghugni. This snack is extremely famous, especially throughout Kolkata and is unique because it is served with puffed rice and onion pakodas on the side.

Benefits of Safed Vatana :

Safeed Vatana (Raw dried white peas) :  Safed vatana not only contributes 9.9 gm of protein (from ¼ cup) but when paired with any grain (like jowar flour, bajra flourbuckwheat four or whole wheat flour) also forms a source of complete protein. Safeed Vatana is rich in fibre. A fit adult needs it to keep gut healthy, diabetics need it to control sugar levels while others may need to control their cholesterol levels or weight  fibre helps. If you want to increase your haemoglobin levels and / or Red Blood Cell count along with preventing anemia, add safed vatana to your list of healthy foods. See the complete benefits of safed vatana

Enjoy our dried white peas recipes, safed vatana recipes given bleow.


Ragda made from soaked and boiled white peas, tempered with mustard seeds and asafoetida, serve it as a stuffing with pani puri.
misal recipe | spicy Kolhapuri misal | how to make Maharashtrian misal | with 43 amazing images. misal recipe | spicy Kolhapuri misal | how to ....
misal pav | maharashtrian misal pav | homemade misal pav | with 25 amazing photos. One of the most famous of Maharashtrian recipes, Misal is a scr ....
ragda patties | chaat ragda patties | ragda recipe | ragda patties street food | with 60 amazing images. Ragda Patties, one of the most famous
Gujarati ragda patties recipe | gujarati style ragda pattice | stuffed potato patties in dry peas curry | ragda petis Gujarati snack | with 65 amazing images. Gujarati r ....
dahi ragda chaat | Indian roadside dahi ragda chaat | chaat recipe | with 30 amazing images. In the dahi ragda chaat the spicy Ragda is served with a shot of curds and a drizzling of chutne ....
sev usal recipe | Gujarat street food sev usal | sev usal chaat | enjoy with amazing 36 photos. Everyone of you might have heard of the very famous Maharashtrian snack "Usal", here we have given it a twist by transfo ....
ragda pattice recipe | mumbai ragda pattice recipe | how to make ragda pattice | ragda recipe | with 60 amazing images. Ragda Pattice is an ever-popular
Ragda Patties is an all-time favourite Mumbai roadside snack, comprising crisp and spicy potato patties drowned in a gravy with boiled white peas. Here, we have enhanced the recipe further, by stuffing the potato patties with a tangy, sweet and spicy filling. Laced with chutneys and garnished wi ....
ghugni recipe | methi ghugni | healthy Bengali ghugni | Bengali snack | with 40 amazing images. ghugni recipe | methi ghugni |
Here is something that tastes just as good as bhel puri but with an even more exciting combination of ingredients, which includes sprouts, boiled legumes and green peas, along with tangy tomatoes and raw mango, crunchy veggies, and chatpata chutneys. Crispy papdis and sev atop these guarantee 100 pe ....
Jhal muri recipe | Kolkata style jhal muri | jhal mudi | with 27 amazing images. jhal muri is a popular street snack from Kolkata, Bengal, Odisa. Learn how to make Jhal ....
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