We all know this is the medhu vadai
At least no South Indian can be called one if he doesnt know this gospel truth .
I used to make a reasonably tasty crispy version of this by even preparing the dough .
The most important part of the vada is its engine
its hole or otta .
No Vada is a Vada without a hole .
To put a hole or not in a Vada was Hamlets original dialogue ,Somewhere Shakespeare slipped into existensialism from reality ..
Serious debates are held in foodie groups on the art of making fine holes in soft vadas .
Its an art indeed .
Many were the suggestions .
One said to hold the dough in palm as a round ball and shoot it in the center .
Another advised using an ullakka to punch a hole .
Still another suggested tickling a vada in its belly or was it fingering it .
A holeless vada was born of frustration of a chef who could never master the art
He just gave it a name BONDA
Hole vendaam nee PODA he said .
Actually does a hole make anything other than a cosmetic difference ?
Life too is so you can live well without that wholeness you see .
Its all how hole u feel .
There is a holiness south of Thanjavur who made his market on this hole business .
Oh you Vadais
I love you hole or no hole .
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