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Oriya Badi Chura Recipe | Sundried Lentil Dumpling Crumble
Oriya Badi Chura Recipe | Sundried Lentil Dumpling Crumble
Quick recipe prepared with stored lentil badi
The badi chura is an authentic recipe of Odisha state. Badi is sun-dried lentil dumpling and chura means a coarse mixture of badi, onion, garlic, green chilli along with mustard oil. Nowadays there are varieties of badi available. But traditionally, soaked black gram or urad dal is grinded to a paste along with some water. Then these dumplings are sundried. Usually these are made in fall and stored away for entire year. Serve Badi Chura Recipe | Sundried Lentil Dumpling Crumble with pakhala (oriya term for overnight fermented cooked rice, usually mixed with curd) or as a snack.