Comments on: Ash gourd fritters (KuvaLe vadi/odi or Budugumbalkayi sandige)

By: Nandita Basroor

Nandita Basroor — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:38:10 +0000

Hi Shilpa,

From a amchigelli to a amcigelli.

A great website.

I request you to give me a receipe for Kuvalya vadya ambat.

Thanks & regards

Nandita

By: Vidhya

Vidhya — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:20:26 +0000

After searching for a long time I found this recipe thats remembered me about my “” parnani”" (mom of my nani) ,who had learned it from her mother who had immigrated from India UP to South America. I knew the dumplings, but I didn”t know the way of preparation.
I am of the 4th generation of immigrants so I am glad to know the way of foodpreparation. Thanks a lot.
greetings from Holland.
Namaste Vidhya

By: lakshmi

lakshmi — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:03:29 +0000

now this is a different recipe – would love to try anything with ash gourd. i dont think there are any alternatives for drying vadis – dont have the luxury of spreading them under the sun

By: Pragyan

Pragyan — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:02:04 +0000

Hey Shilpa, This looks interesting. Another Konkani word that is very similar to Odiya word. In Odiya, we call this “badi” (ba of “ba”ll, sounds like kadi). We commonly eat it just like that or churned to powder or mixed with mashed potato..mouth-watering!

By: C Mohan

C Mohan — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:44:13 +0000

Seriously, its time for you to come up with a cook book. I mean, these recipes are simply awesome!!!!Have you ever given it a thought? I have been using it as a study guide of cooking for almost 2 years now. Back in India I didn't even use to make a cup of coffee!Thats the power of well documented literature on recipes. Keep up the good work.

Shilpa: Thanks a lot for your kind words Mohan. I felt, some free resource on the internet like this food blog would help many people access to the recipes easily, so I am mainly concentrating on the blog as of now. May be in future when I have bit more time(and energy), I will publish a book with some selected recipes. As of now, the comments like yours, are the greatest awards i could ask for. Thanks a lot.

By: Ramkumari

Ramkumari — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 06:42:22 +0000

Hi Shilpa,
This is my first visit to ur blog .Was ver surprised as I have wanted to try out vadi(vadakam in tamil).I have ben searching for a very long time .Thanks .
U have a gr8 blog here .I’ll make sure i become a regular .

By: supriya

supriya — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:38:10 +0000

hey shilpa,where did you find ash gourd in the US?

Shilpa: Supriya, we get it in Indian store here.

By: anusharaji

anusharaji — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:24:32 +0000

they look cute and delicious shilpa
i grandma makes instant fritters
something similar to this
with green chilli urad and ash gourd
need to find myself an ashgourd for that
tried ur methi rice yday…googled methi rice
luv it….i kinda eye balled toor dal and it kinda dominated….thx for recipe

By: sandeepa

sandeepa — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:56:43 +0000

Shilpa
If your colleague is not a Bengali he must have told you about the Dal made with Black Urad. There is a very famous North Indian Dal made with whole black urad with skins.

Shilpa:Sandeepa, you are right, he is Rajasthani. So it is possible that he used black urad daal. Anyway, I will try your version, it looks very good to me.

By: sandeepa

sandeepa — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:35:41 +0000

Hey with your Aaayi here you sure are doing all the authentic stuff. We too make vadis but with Dal