It's Renuka again, my local recipe master in Hyderabad. On that day, she came with a brass box of a really big diameter. I blurted out "What is this?". I never saw such a big box.
"I got you something to munch akka!" she said while opening the box. The box had large circular white-coloured papads which had a great aroma. "Saggubiyyam Vadiyalu!" she said while making her eyes big with an expression like "what do you think?".
I reciprocated with the same enthusiasm and thanked her a lot. They had a crunchy texture and very different taste. How come I never had anything like this till now, I wondered.
"How do you eat these appadalu Renuka?", I asked.
"Vadiyalu Akka. You can have them as a snack, or just munch them with each bite of your meal. You can eat it in any manner and at any time".
"Lovely!" said Srijanani "I shall have all of them. You get more for Amma and others pinni (aunt), these all are mine now". She ran with the box into her room.
