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Urad Dal - Vada (Medu)

Urad Dal - Vada (Medu)

We’re heading rapidly towards the end of our Vegetarian Alphabet experiment, so ‘U’ worked well with Urad Dal Vada. These are effectively savoury Doughnuts made from Black Lentils (Urad Dal). Very tasty as a side with a curry…..

Ingredients:-

140g of Urad Dal (Black Lentils)
¼ of an Onion, diced
A thumb nail sized piece of Ginger, minced
1 Green Chilli, finely diced
1 Tsp of Cumin Seeds
2 Curry Leaves, finely chopped
A pinch of Baking Powder
Water to make the dough
Salt & Pepper

Method:-

(1) Soak the Urad Dal for at lease 5 hours and rinse.
(2) In a blender add the Urad Dal, Salt, Baking Powder and Water.
(3) Blend for 30 seconds and scrape the sides down.
(4) Add a little more Water and pulse repeatedly until you have a fluffy but think dough.
(5) Transfer to a bowl and mix the remaining ingredients by hand.
(6) Form into Doughnut shapes by hand.
(7) Heat a fryer to 170c.
(8) Fry individually until they float and drain on kitchen paper.

 

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Fish & Chips recipe, eat well on universal credit

Fish & Chips was once an inexpensive treat to eat in the evening as supper, or maybe on the way home from the pub. Pubs? You remember those, maybe?

I passed a chippy last week in an area of York where I’d not expect prices to be excessive. £7.20 for Fish and Chips to take out. Just Fish & Chips, nothing else……

You can do better at home folks at half the price…..

This Pollock fillet was £3.29 with a Yellow Sticker on it. It was skinned and I only found two small bones.

Ingredients for the Gluten free Batter:-

2 Eggs, whisked
Cornflour
Turmeric Just a bit to add some colour
Garlic Salt
Onion Salt
Fresh ground Black Pepper
Soda Water

Method:-

(1) Coat the Fish (and Onion rings if you adding them) in Cornflour.
(2) Preheat the fryer to 170c.
(3) Dunk in the batter mix and fry until they float.

We served ours with Peas, Onion Rings, hand cut Chips, Tartar Sauce and a slice of Lemon. Honestly this was much better than a take-out and cost less than half the price.

 

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