Uzhunnu vada made of urad dal is still in demand despite vendors hiking prices in the wake of dal prices going up.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has stepped up vigil as the price of pulses continues to rule high.
An FSSAI official said here on Wednesday that they had so far not come across any instance of costly food inputs being substituted though test on samples collected were on. “We have to wait and see if food vendors resort to new techniques,” he said.
An official of the State Civil Supplies Department hinted at the possibility of food vendors resorting to the use of lower grade inputs as produces like urad dal could not be substituted by anything else for making items like vada.
If lower quality inputs are used the nutritional content may vary, he said.
A wholesaler here said that the first quality urad dal sold for Rs. 170 a kg in the retail market while the second quality sold for Rs. 160 a kg. Smaller grains mark the second quality urad dal.
A food vendor in the city, who plies a pushcart selling vadas and bonda, said that uzhunnu vada price was hiked by a rupee to Rs. 6 following the price rise.
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