Medu vada or Minapa gaareulu

Medu vada or minapa gaarelu, as they are known in Telugu, is ground urad dal batter shaped like a donut and deep fried in oil. Well it is not a donut, as it is a savory item. I think it is the fluffiest, filling, savory donut when made properly. It is served as a snack, breakfast item served with chutney and sambar or eaten with sambar as part of a meal too (at least we do that in our family).

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Ramya Ballamudi

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A software developer by profession who ventured into cooking due to sheer necessity of sustaining oneself. I started off as someone who could not tell if a dish had enough salt. Once I started experimenting more in the kitchen though, I began to learn how salt elevates the flavor of every dish, what vegetables complement each other, how certain spice combinations whet the appetite, which herbs should be a pantry staple come-what-may and the learning about the art of rotating grains for eating a well balanced and varied diet every week. For me cooking is mostly about recreating dishes from childhood and flavors from some unforgettable dishes I tasted elsewhere. Today am a proud amateur cook recording my many trials in the kitchen, successes interspersed with some failures, altogether leading to a very happy and full tummy.

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