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Masala Vada! A favourite tea-time snack in South India. You can find this in any tea stall. The recipe below is typical Tea stall style :) Wiki "gyan" about vada Vade , also known as wada or vade (in Sri Lanka) or vadai or bara (pronounced "vah-daa", "vah-dey", "baraa" or "vah-die"), is a savoury fritter-type snack from South India Vadas can vary in shape and size, but are usually either doughnut- or disc-shaped and are between 5 and 8cm across. They are made from dal, lentil, gram flour or potato.  The Vada is a traditional South Indian food known from antiquity. Although they are commonly prepared at home, Vadas are as well a typical street food in the Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka. They are usually a high calorie morning food, typically about 300 Kilocal each, but in street stalls and in railway stations, as well as inside the Indian Railways, they are available as a snack all day. It is known as Vades in South Afric...

A flavourful cake with ripe bananas and Walnuts ! Wiki "gyan" about Cake Cake is a form of bread or bread-like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a sweet baked dessert. In its oldest forms, cakes were normally fried breads or cheesecakes, and normally had a disk shape. Determining whether a given food should be classified as bread, cake, or pastry can be difficult. {source : Wiki} Reason for making it :) Had 4 bananas in the fruit basket which were completely ripe. Didn't want to peel them and gulp just like that. Instead, made minor changes to the Banana Walnut cupcake recipe that I read here , and Voila my flavourful BMW(Banana Meets Walnut) cake was ready in 40 minutes. Why not, make it!! For all those cake lovers, try this and enjoy homemade cake. Transform the otherwise boring bananas into a cake teaming it up with any nuts of your choice :) Let's get started INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4) All Purpose flour - 1 cup Sugar - 1/2 cup Oil - 1/4 ...