Vadi/Vari/ Badi, the sun dried lentil cake is very popular in Sindhi cuisine.There are many recipes to make the sun dried lentil cakes at home, but generally the store brought, spicy, Amritsar Vari is preferred. The Vari, bursting with flavors of black pepper and garam masala imparts a meaty flavor to whatever dish it is added, be it the potato curry or the Pulav. Traditionally, in Sindhi Cuisine, a flavorsome Pulav is made using Vari, the preparation being bit elaborate and the ingredients, of course, varies from recipe to recipe ! But I was in a mood to savor rice…
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Lentils…there are possibly million ways to cook and relish lentils and India is a blessed country, with the sheer variety of lentils grown here, the number of way these get incorporated into our daily diet and the exhaustive combinations of meals that we can make, using split dried lentils or Dal….be it Chana dal, or urad dal, toor dal or humble yellow moong dal ( skinned and split Moong beans) While Sindhis do use variety of legumes and pulses in their daily food, the yellow Moong Dal stays the favorite. Not only we cannot live without our Dal chaawal, but…
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The most flavorful curry, sundried lentil dumplings, cooked along with potatoes in onion gravy Print Wadi Patata Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 40 mins Total time: 50 mins Serves: 3 Badi or sundried lentil dumplings cooked in onion gravy with potatoes, a bursting with flavors, spicy curry recipe Ingredients Wadis (sun-dried lentil nuggets )2 nos, Potatoes : 3 Tinda gourd (meha or apple gourd) 1 Tomatoes : 3 medium sized Onions : 3 medium sized,2-3 small size Green chillies 3 Ginger:1/2 inch Coriander powder : 1 & ½ tbsp Red chilli powder : 1 tsp Turmeric powder : ½ tsp Garam…






