BiriBara/Urad Dal Vada

Food and memories go  hand in hand,every food has its own story to tell us.. Sometimes those memories are  associated with  our family, some with our friends and  some  takes us back to  our childhood times.... So bara n guguni memories  always take me back  to my Aai  ghare gaon ( maternal grandmother's village) When I was a kid,me and all my cousin sisters n brothers went there for our  summer vacations,literally it  felt like some kind of festival was going on and food was the integral part of that celebration , every evening, Aai used to make varities of snack items...but my fav was biri bara n ghuguni..Aai would always make these  tiny size of  bara with a thin gravy of ghuguni , topped with some chopped onions n greenchillies , that used to taste like heaven. I ate bara n ghuguni in many places..from small roadside stall to a big Resturant ,but the taste has  never matched to my Aai haath bara, Always wonder why  that tasted so  different n so flavourful , may be it's her  love with which she served us, which makes it different n unique . So here's the recipe 🤗

Ingredients:-

Urad dal(soaked for 4-5 hours) - 200gm
Suji(rava)- 2tbsp
Salt -(as per ur taste)
Ginger -½ inch(grated)
Mango ginger (optional)- ½ inch (grated)
Green chilies- 1/2 (chopped )
Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
Onion- 1 (chopped)
Curry leaves- 7/8
Baking soda-½ tsp
Salt - As per taste

Method:-

1. Grind the Urad Dal into a thicker batter.
2. Add the chopped onion,green chilies, suji, curry leaves,cumin seeds,ginger n mango ginger,salt n baking soda into the batter .mix well
3. After the batter is made, deep fry them in small small balls like a doughnut shape, make a small hole in middle of the Vada.
4. Fry till it is crisp golden brown.
5. Serve it hot.