Yellow Moong Dal Dahi Bhalla

Name: Yellow Moong Dal Dahi Bhalla
Total time: 300 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For bhallas :; 3/4 cup : Yellow moong dal; 1 tsp : Salt; Oil for deep frying; For soaking :; as needed : Luke warm water; 1 tsp : Salt; For dahi / curd :; 3 cups : Thick Curd; 1/2 tsp : Sugar; Other ingredients :; to taste Salt; 1 tsp : Cumin seed powder; to taste : Black pepper powder; to taste : Red chilli powder; as needed : Pudina chutney; as needed : Imli chutney; as needed : Boondi mixture

Avni Arora @Innovativecuisines

Chandigarh

Moong dal dahi bhallas are soft, light, yummy and healthy too. Though these are deep fried balls which are soaked in warm water to remove extra oil. This is a healthy chaat. It can be served with main dish or can be eaten as evening snacks.

Avni Arora @Innovativecuisines

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Ingredients

5 min

6 servings

For bhallas :
3/4 cup: Yellow moong dal
1 tsp: Salt
Oil for deep frying
For soaking :
as needed: Luke warm water
1 tsp: Salt
For dahi / curd :
3 cups: Thick Curd
1/2 tsp: Sugar
Other ingredients :
to tasteSalt
1 tsp: Cumin seed powder
to taste: Black pepper powder
to taste: Red chilli powder
as needed: Pudina chutney
as needed: Imli chutney
as needed: Boondi mixture

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Steps

5 min

1

Take yellow moong dal in a bowl.
2

Wash it properly and soak in normal water for 2 hrs. Drain it.
3

Take mixer jar add drained dal and very little water. Beat it to smooth thick batter.
4

Transfer the batter in bowl.
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Add salt and mix well.
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Mix batter very well with a spoon for 5 min till light and fluffy.
7

Heat oil in a kadai / wok on medium flame.
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Pour a spoonfull of batter in hot oil.
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Fry it on medium flame till golden. It will take 4-5 min.
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Take bhalla out of the hot oil and drain on tissue paper.
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Repeat the same process for all the remaining batter.
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Keep aside till use.
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For soaking :
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Heat water in a pan till it is luke warm.
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Add salt and mix.
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Dip all the bhallas in this water for 10-15 min.
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Bhallas will become soft and fluff a little.
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In this soaking process bhallas leave extra oil in the water and soak the water.
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Take out bhallas from the water.
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Press each of them lightly so that the excess water should drain away from them.
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Place bhallas on a serving plate.
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For serving :
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Add curd in a bowl.
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Mix sugar and whisk well so that no lumps should remain.
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Pour curd on the bhallas.
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Sprinkle salt, red chilli powder, black pepper powder and cumin powder.
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Drizzle pudina chutney and imli chutney on it.
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Sprinkle boondi mixture on top.
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Moong dal dahi bhalla is ready to serve.