Dahi Bhalla/Vada with a protein twist!

Name: Dahi Bhalla/Vada with a protein twist!
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup red gram; 4 medium size potatoes; 2 tbsp Sesame seeds; 2 tbsp dry coconut; 1 tsp Garam masala; 1/2 tsp ginger chilli paste; 2 tbsp oil; 4-5 tsp Corn flour for marinating patties; to taste Salt; Oil for frying; Garnishing:; 1 cup sev; 1 cup coriander mint Chutney; 1 cup Tamarind date jaggery Chutney; 1 bow;l curd; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1-2 tsp coriander leaves; 1/4 tsp Sesame seeds

Mansi C. Kotak @cook_12229522

We all love the melt in mouth dahi Bhalla or dahi vada... how about enhancing it's taste and nutritive value by adding red gram or Lal Chana! Yes, you ready it right! You can skip the dahi and Chutney part- they taste yummy as it is ! Go on give your dahi Bhalla a power packed makeover !

Mansi C. Kotak @cook_12229522

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Ingredients

1 cup red gram
4medium size potatoes
2 tbspSesame seeds
2 tbspdry coconut
1 tspGaram masala
1/2 tspginger chilli paste
2 tbspoil
4-5 tspCorn flour for marinating patties
to tasteSalt
Oil for frying
Garnishing:
1 cup sev
1 cupcoriander mint Chutney
1 cup Tamarind date jaggery Chutney
1 bow;l curd
1 tspred chilli powder
1-2 tspcoriander leaves
1/4 tspSesame seeds

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Steps

1

Soak red gram overnight. Wash in the morning and add little water and salt and pressure cook it. Once cool remove water and grind it coarsely.
2

Boil and mashed potatoes by adding 1 tbs corn flour and salt.
3

Take 2 tbs oil in a pan, add ginger chilli paste, sesame seeds and dry coconut and sauté for 1 minute. Add grounded red gram and garam masala and sauté for 4-5 minutes.Let the mixture cool.
4

Make patties of potato with red gram filling in the Centre.
5

Seal the patties properly so they don’t break up while frying.marinate patties in corn flour.
6

Heat oil for frying. Before putting in a patty see if it’s sufficiently hot- fumes will be visible. Slide the patty in the fry pan slowly along the side. Fry till they are golden brown. Turn them slowly so they don’t break. Keep flame on medium to ensure perfect golden brown.
7

Take a serving plate. Garnish with curd, both Chutney, Sev, red chilli powder and coriander. Our yummy potato/red gram dahi Bhalla are ready!!