Let me tell you a tale of two vadas. This is the year 1917, you are passing by Maddur in Karnataka via train and your train stops at the platform a bit earlier than expected. You walk towards a stall run by Shri Ramachandra Budhya and ask for a vada. The guy is a genius,…
Vada is an iconic street food and household comfort food in South India. Send me your pickiest eater, and I guarantee that they will be asking for seconds after a plate of uzhunnu vada is place in front of them. This uzhunnu vada recipe is a classic fried dal fritter made from urad dal. Commonly…
It’s a rainy day. The monsoons have arrived early this year, bringing life to the parched soil. The smell of wet earth and jasmine flowers permeate the warm air and calm your senses. Asian koels call out, announcing the coming of dusk. You are sitting on your parents’ veranda as the smell of aromatic spices…