Recipe: Appetizing Odisha's Popular Snack-Bara(Vada) and Ghuguni(Yellow peas curry)

Odisha's Popular Snack-Bara(Vada) and Ghuguni(Yellow peas curry). Bara Ghuguni is an authentic and popular snack of Odisha. Bara is the most popular snack in Odisha. It is crispy from outside and soft inside.

Ghugni is a popular street food and an evening s. You can have Odisha's Popular Snack-Bara(Vada) and Ghuguni(Yellow peas curry) using 24 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Odisha's Popular Snack-Bara(Vada) and Ghuguni(Yellow peas curry)

1. You need of For Bara :.
2. It's 1/2 Cup of Urad Dal(Black Gram).
3. Prepare 1/4 Cup of Semolina(Sooji) -.
4. You need 1 of medium size Chopped Onion.
5. It's of Green Chillies - 1-2 Finely chopped.
6. Prepare of Ginger - 1/2tsp(finely chopped).
7. Prepare 1 pinch of Baking Soda.
8. It's of Salt as per taste.
9. It's of Refined oil as required for deep frying.
10. You need of For Ghuguni :.
11. Prepare 1/2 Cup of Yellow peas -.
12. Prepare of Tomato - 1 medium size finely chopped.
13. Prepare of Potato - 1 -2 medium size(chopped into 4 pieces).
14. Prepare of Onion - 1 medium size finely chopped.
15. You need 1/2 tbsp of Ginger - Garlic paste -.
16. You need 1/2 tsp of Tumeric powder -.
17. Prepare 1 tsp of Red chilli powder-.
18. You need 1 tsp of Cumin powder -.
19. You need 1/2 tsp of Garam masala powder -.
20. Prepare 1 tsp of Coriander powder -.
21. You need 1/2 tsp of Cumin seeds -.
22. Prepare of Salt as per taste.
23. It's 1 tbsp of Cooking oil -.
24. Prepare of Water - as per requirement (1/2 cup to 1 cup).

Odisha's Popular Snack-Bara(Vada) and Ghuguni(Yellow peas curry) step by step

1. Soak the urad dal for 4-5 hours or overnight.
2. Grind the urad dal making it a thick paste.
3. Now whisk the urad dal batter for 10mins until fluffy and keep aside for fermentation for 4 - 5hours..
4. Add chopped ginger, onion and chillies, baking soda, salt as per taste & semolina to the batter. Mix it very well..
5. Take a kadhai add oil to it for deep frying. Take some water in your palm and take a small portion of batter and make small balls in a doughnut shape, making small hole in the middle of the bara..
6. Make sure the oil is hot. Keep the flame at low - medium. Then glid the bara one by one in the oil..
7. Fry it until golden brown and crisp. Enjoy with ghuguni..
8. For Ghuguni :.
9. Soak the Yellow peas for 8hrs or overnight..
10. Pressure cook the yellow peas and potatoes for 2-3 whistles with a pinch of turmeric powder and salt..
11. Once pressured cooked, let it cool down. After that peel the outer skin of the potatoes. Keep it aside..
12. Take a kadhai and heat the kadhai, add some oil..
13. Then add cumin seeds to the hot oil, and splutter it for 1min..
14. Then add chopped onions to it and saute it until golden brown..
15. Add ginger garlic paste to it and saute until cooked..
16. Now add cumin powder, garam masala powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder and saute it..
17. Then add chopped tomatoes to it and mix it well. Cook until oil separates from the masalas and cooked well..
18. Now add the chopped boiled potatoes and yellow peas to the masala mixture. Mix it very well..
19. Now add some water to it(as per curry thickness). I added 1/2 cup to 1 cup water to it and add salt as per requirement..
20. Simmer the mixture with lid until semi thick consistency for 5-7 mins at low - medium heat..
21. Once the ghuguni is ready, enjoy it with bara and top it with some chopped onions(optional)..
22. Happy Eating :)..