278.sun dried vadi onion shaak
An exotic dish I made vadi and onion vegetable a few days ago. Ajay got excited and commented that I made an exotic dish. It has been eons since I last make vadi doongri nu shaak. I remember helping my mum to make huge quantities of vadis. In India and Kenya, vadis are traditionally made during summer or hot season, dried in the sun and stored for future use.What are vadis you may ask? Vadis are basically lentil chunks dried in the sun. The types of lentils used to make the vadis differs, depending on the region of India. Punjabis usually make it out of moong dal (split green gram lentils) or urad dal (split black gram lentils). Usually the ones made in Gujarat are from chora dal (cowpea lentils). Some mix in chana dal (split chickpea lentils) or moong dal. The lentils are soaked in warm water overnight. Next day the lentils are processed, without water into a dry coarse batter. Spices like freshly minced ginger and chillis are added along with salt and coarse pepper powder. Some also ...