A ‘miracle’ once saved these hawkers’ lives. Their stall is now battling to survive again

SINGAPORE: There are nine types of vadai (deep-fried lentil fritters) on sale at Gina Rajan's stall at Dunman Food Centre, such as dhal, prawn, vegetable and ikan bilis vadai . They all have one thing in common, according to her. "My vadai is very crispy on the outside, soft on the inside — when you have one bite, you feel like eating more," the 63-year-old said about the Indian snack made to her late husband's secret recipe. She has been selling vadai since 1985. Her stall, Gina's Vadai, has moved multiple times, from its original premises in Geylang Bahru to Simpang Bedok and other locations before it settled in Dunman Food Centre in 2017. It has not been easy to survive this long, she tells the programme On The Red Dot . The couple had even contemplated suicide once, then a phone call changed everything. But with the COVID-19 pandemic now, business is only getting worse for one of Singapore's oldest vadai brands. IT STARTED AT HOME Gina got married to husband James in 1981, and she remembers two things he told her about himself: He loved vadai , and he wanted to open a business. They first started making… Read full this story

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