Dahi Vada

Name: Dahi Vada
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Urad Dal; 2 green chillies; 1/2 inch piece of ginger; 1 tsp cumin seeds; to taste Salt; For serving; 2 cups thick whisked curd; As required green chutney; As required Tamarind / Sour Sweet Chutney; As required red chili powder; As required roasted cumin powder; As required garam masala powder; leaves chopped coriander; As required pomegranate seeds

Mamta L. Lalwani @kims_kitchen160316

Mandsaur (MP)

#indianstreet

Mamta L. Lalwani @kims_kitchen160316

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Ingredients

1/2 cupUrad Dal
2green chillies
1/2 inchpiece of ginger
1 tspcumin seeds
to tasteSalt
For serving
2 cupsthick whisked curd
As required green chutney
As required Tamarind / Sour Sweet Chutney
As required red chili powder
As required roasted cumin powder
As required garam masala powder
leaveschopped coriander
As required pomegranate seeds

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Steps

1

Wash and soak the urad dal in water for 7-8 hours or overnight.
2

Pour the soaked dal in a blender jar, add green chilli and ginger and blend to paste. (While adding water as needed).
3

Take out the dal paste in a bowl, add salt and baking soda as per taste and whisk it until the mixture becomes light for 3-4 minutes.
4

Meanwhile, keep the oil in a kadhai for heating, pour a tablespoon of the batter into the medium hot oil by hand and fry the till they become light golden.
5

Put all the fried vadas in medium hot water to soften, after 10 minutes press the vadas between your palms and squeeze out all the water and remove the vadas in the plate.
6

Now place the vadas first on a serving plate, pour the beaten curd over it, add green and sour sweet chutney, sprinkle red chili powder, garam masala powder and roasted cumin powder and garnish with pomegranate and coriander leaves.
7

Delicious dahi vada is ready.