Dahi Vada Recipe

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Summary

Preparation Time15 MinCooking Time20 Min
Ready In35 MinDifficulty LevelVery Easy
Health IndexAverageServings5
CuisineIndianCourseAppetizer
MethodFry

Ingredients

 
For Vada -
 
1 Cup Urad Daal (Black Lentil Daal without skin)
 
Oil to deep fry
 
Salt to taste
 
For Dahi-
 
2 Cups fresh Curd
 
1/2 tsp grated Ginger
 
Water
 
Salt to taste
 
2 tsp Jeera (Cumin) Powder
 
1-2 Green Chillies
 
For Garnishing-
 
Red Chilli Powder
 
Chopped Coriander Leaves
 
Cumin (Jeera) Powder
 
Thin Shev (Spicy, Fried Morsels Made of Chickpea and Rice Flours)

Directions

For Dahi -
1. Blend dahi (curd/ Yogurt), green chillies, salt, cumin powder, ginger with little water till it is smooth.
2. Blend the curd (yogurt) and little water until it is smooth.
3. Keep in refrigerator for an hour to get chilled.

For Vada -
1. Clean, wash & soak urad daal overnight.
2. Grind it to smooth paste.
3. Add salt to taste.
4. Heat oil in kadhai. Add spoonful of batter. Fry till it get golden brown.
5. Take water in a bowl. Place hot vadas in water till next batch of vadas is ready.
6. Remove vadas and gently press between your palms so that excess water oozes out.
7. Repeat this process for all remaining batter.
8. Place these vadas in deep dish. Pour prepared dahi till all vadas get soaked in Dahi.

Serving-
1. Place vadas in serving bowl.
2. Pour dahi mixture evenly on Vadas.
3. Sprinkle some red chilli , cumin powder.
4. Garnish with coriander leaves, thin shev, tamarind chutney (optional)

Comments

minaxi says :

nice one
Posted on: 6 December 2007 - 9:55am

ormtrm says :

Hi Snigdha, adding a seasoning is a good idea. I will try that next time.
Posted on: 6 December 2007 - 9:31am

Snigdha says :

Love Dahi Wadas...very nice recipe. Sometimes to give it a South Indian touch, I add a seasoning of mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves with a pinch of hing.
Posted on: 5 December 2007 - 6:43pm

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