"Judy Bolton" <jbolton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Frank" <xtc303909@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> last week i ate in an indian restaurant in berlin on a
>> business
>> trip. the starter i had was new to me and absolutely
>> delicious.
>>
>> it was little balls of lentils & some chick peas covered in
>> loads
>> of yoghurt/raita and little bits of tamarind sauce. the dish
>> was
>> hardly warm and very refre****ng.
>>
>> i asked the waiter about it and he said this was a truely
>> indian
>> recipe hardly avaiable anywhere in germany or europe.
>>
>> does someone know this sort of dish and maybe could point
>> me to a recipe? that would be great! thx
>>
>> bye
>>
>>
>> frank
>>
>
> Hi, Frank,
>
> That sounds like dahi vada - dahi being the yoghurt sauce, and
> vada (sometimes spelled 'wada') being the lentil ball.
>
> I have a few recipes for vadas (vadi is the plural, I
> believe). This one is for the dahi vada that I believe you
> enjoyed. If you want other vadi recipes (which you can eat
> with just chutney), let me know. You can also get some very
> good mixes - GITS makes a good one if you want vadi but don't
> have the time. I am not sure if GITS mixes are available in
> the UK, but my guess is they are.
>
> Judy B - Rochester, NY, US
>
I was a little puzzled initially since the last Dahi Vada I saw
were about the size of doughnuts (at the Madras Palace that I
recently mentioned.)
Incidentally Judy, I found the nearby Minerva restaurant that
you mentioned but have not tried it yet. It seems to have a
reputation for ferociously hot food :-)
--
Jim Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
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