Dahi Vada

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Dahi Vada is a deep fried spongy lentil dumplings soaked in flavored yogurt & sprinkled with spices. It is a delicious starter to a meal.
Dahi Vada
Few years back, on my visit to India my sister complained why does she gets hard center in the Dahi Vada though she follows the same procedure & method. I smiled & told her, I had gone through this phase too. My perfect spongy soft badas started coming hard with  ball like center.
 In India, I never had to worry but prepare the batter, mix, fry and soak in the curd and they are ready to eat.  But after coming to Dubai, I don’t know what happened and vadas started hardening in the center. Maybe a climate change or there is something wrong with urad dal I use. I also  asked my sis in law whether she is having the same issue or is it me. Whether I was doing something wrong. But no we were following the same method & procedure.

Daal Maash/ Bhuni Urad Dal

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Daal Maash is white skinless urad dal  cooked in aromatic  spices. A delicious side dish which goes well with some butter naan, roti or parathas.

Daal Maash

Whenever ammi cooked urad daal, and all of our faces used to be not again. Though we all four were fan of her cooking but there were some dishes  , which we didn’t like at all. Daal Maash was one of them.  At home this daal was only cooked when the option in the pantry were limited to daal or when papa specially requested her to make it. He loved this Bhuni Daal. Continue reading