DAHI VADA (South Indian Style)

Name: DAHI VADA (South Indian Style)
Total time: 12600 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 gms urad dal, washed & soaked for 2hours 30mins; 4-6 green chilies; to taste salt; 250 gms fresh dahi; 2 tsp fresh grated coconut; 1 tsp sugar; To taste salt; 2 tsp oil; 4 green chillies slit; leaves few curry; 1 tsp black mustard seeds; 2-3 whole dried red pepper; as required oil for deep frying; 1BIG BOWL WATER With 1 tsp SALT; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder

Amita Jalan @buddha

#GA4 #week1All time favourite cold side dish. Though this is an authentic dish, time & again it's specialty lies in it's original ingredients. Learnt from my mom, cooked innumerable times & now my children are also following the same recipe. Happy Cooking... Happy Eating

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Ingredients

3 hr 30 mins.

6 servings

for the batter
200 gmsurad dal, washed & soaked for 2hours 30mins
4-6green chilies
to tastesalt
for the yogurt
250 gmsfresh dahi
2 tspfresh grated coconut
1 tspsugar
To tastesalt
for tempering
2 tspoil
4green chillies slit
leavesfew curry
1 tspblack mustard seeds
2-3whole dried red pepper
as requiredoil for deep frying
1BIG BOWL WATER With 1 tsp SALT
For Garnishing
1/2 tspred chilli powder

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Steps

3 hr 30 mins.

1

For the batter
2

Drain the soaked dal, add green chillies. Grind them in a mixer with help of very little water to a fine paste
3

Transfer the dal paste in a bowl, add salt & mix thoroughly till light and fluffy
4

Spread little dal mixture on left fingers & dip a finger in water to make a hole in between the mixture. Transfer the spread on wet right fingers & then put it in hot oil for deep frying
5

Fry on medium, stir occasionally, till the vadas get a golden color
6

Put these hot vadas in salted water for sometime. Take them out & squeeze gently in-between palms to remove any water
7

For the yoghurt
8

Strain the curd. Add sugar & salt. Add grated coconut. Mix well. Add the drained vadas in the ready dahi
9

FOR THE TEMPERING Heat oil in a ladle. Add mustard seeds. As they start to splutter add whole red chillies, curry leaves, green chillies.
10

FOR THE GARNISHING Sprinkle red chilli powder & spread the tempering. Serve cold.