Hi All, URAD DAL VADA..I love ulunthu vadai ( urad dal fritters) ,I can have them any time a day. Moreover urad dal vadai is very rich in proteins and it is very good for women.You can have one vada everyday and it gives lot of benefits to women .In some parts of Tamilnadu there is a tradition followed by people to feed girl children with this vada everyday , and they follow this upto girl's marriage.Our ancestors did everything with a reason ,we just need to follow them for better health. I made this vada during pongal along with tiffen sambar ( recipe link here ) . Some little tricks make this vadai very crispier and soft . The recipe and tips are as below, YIELDS : about 25 vadas. INGREDIENTS : Urad dal – 2 cups. Salt – 1 tsp ( or as required). Pepper – 2 tsp. Oil – for deep frying. NEED CLARIFICATION ABOUT MY MEASUREMENTS ? PLS CLICK TO CLARIFY. METHOD : Wash and soak urad dal in ice cold water for 4 to 5 hours. Grind the...
Hi, Sea has lot of creatures in it that we can cook and we were much more unaware of many . Squid fish is one among the yummy species which I was totally unaware even after coming to Chennai.One day in market I saw them and surprised that they are selling octopus ( it looked like that to me :)). Then I surfed in net and found actually they are squid ( kadamba / kanava) and not octopus , My friend Saranya cooked this gravy for us during her visit to our home .I copied the recipe from her and tried next week itself.Though the squid fish looks very weird the taste was so yummy and there is no fish odor in that.It just tasted like mutton. The cleaning part is little tricky but easy, I suggest once you finished cleaning dispose the waste immediately out of your house as the waste from squid fish is very smelly and also it starts leaving water .So dispose the waste of squid as quick as possible. Other than that the fish tastes heaven , spicy, yummy and very easy to cook. I have...