Walnut paneer stuffed Dahi Vada

Name: Walnut paneer stuffed Dahi Vada
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3-4 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup urad dal; 1/4 cup moong dal; 1/4 tsp salt; 2 green chillies; 1 inch ginger; 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves; 1 tbsp sugar; 2 tbsp salt; 1 tsp asafoetida; 1 liter lukewarm water; 200 gm grated paneer; 1/2 cup walnuts; 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves; Pinch salt; 1/2 tsp chili flakes; 500 gm dahi beaten; 1/4 cup tamarind date chutney; 1/4 cup coriander mint chutney; 1 tsp red chili powder; 1 tsp dry roasted cumin seeds, coriander seeds dry red chili powder; as per taste Black salt; Handful sev; 1 tsp chat masala powder; Handful chopped coriander leaves

Suhita Rana Chowdhury👩‍🍳 @cook_26555245

Bangalore, India

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Dahi vada is one of the most popular snack recipe that you can easily prepare at home. Traditionally, the vada is made with urad dal and fried to golden colour. Further vadas are dip in chilled dahi with spices and chutney. Today I made dahi vada chat with walnuts twist. This vada is stuffed with roasted walnuts and paneer, that gives the nutty and crunchy flavour of the vada. This walnut prevents coronary heart diseases. It helps to improve bone health. Enjoy this delicious recipe

Suhita Rana Chowdhury👩‍🍳 @cook_26555245

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Ingredients

30 minutes

3-4 people

For Vada:-
1 cupurad dal
1/4 cupmoong dal
1/4 tspsalt
2green chillies
1 inch ginger
2 tbspchopped coriander leaves
1 tbspsugar
2 tbspsalt
1 tspasafoetida
1 literlukewarm water
For stuffing:-
200 gmgrated paneer
1/2 cupwalnuts
2 tbspchopped coriander leaves
Pinchsalt
1/2 tspchili flakes
For Chat:-
500 gmdahi beaten
1/4 cuptamarind date chutney
1/4 cupcoriander mint chutney
1 tspred chili powder
1 tspdry roasted cumin seeds, coriander seeds dry red chili powder
as per taste Black salt
Handfulsev
1 tspchat masala powder
Handfulchopped coriander leaves

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Soak urad dal and moong dal for at least 4-5 hrs or over night.
2

Transfer the soaked dal to a blender jar add green chillies and ginger. Blend it without any water. Make a smooth thick paste.
3

In a mixing bowl add paste with coriander leaves and salt and whisk the batter for 5-6 minutes and keep it aside.
4

Now make the stuffing for Vada:- heat a pan add walnuts and dry roast it for a minute and keep it aside for cool down completely. Now roughly chopped it into a small pieces.
5

In a mixing bowl add grated paneer and roasted walnuts, chopped coriander leaves chili flakes and pinch of salt. Mix it well and make a dough. Now divide the dough into equal portions of small balls.
6

Heat oil, dip the walnut paneer ball into the vada batter, coat it well and then drop the batter ball into hot oil and deep fry on medium flame until golden colour.
7

In a separate bowl add 1 liter lukewarm water with 1 tsp sugar, 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp asafoetida. Once vada comes to room temperature soak the vadas into the salted water for 10-15 minutes. Squeeze out the vada from water and transfer into a plate.
8

Now in a mixing bowl add dahi and beat well with 1/2 cup water. Add salt, red chili powder, roasted cumin coriander powder and chopped coriander leaves. And beat well. Keep it refrigerator for chilled it for 30 minutes.
9

Before serving take a serving bowl, serve the vada with chilled dahi mixture on top. Drizzle tamarind date chutney, green chutney, red chili powder chat masala powder, chopped coriander leaves, and sev. Ready to serve...