Dahi vada and dal vada (Holi festival)

Name: Dahi vada and dal vada (Holi festival)
Yield: 5 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 cups black gram lentil; to taste Salt; 8-10 Green chillies; 1 tablespoon grated ginger; 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida; 500 ml Oil for frying; 750 g Curd; as required Date tamarind chutney; as required Spicy bundi; as required Fresh coriander leaves for garnish; as required Red chilli powder to sprinkle; 1 tsp Roasted cumin seeds powder to sprinkle; 1 tsp Chaat masala to sprinkle; 4 to 5 fried green chillies; as required sliced onions

Purvi Modi @PurviModi_1105

Ahmedabad

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Purvi Modi @PurviModi_1105

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Ingredients

5 persons

3 cupsblack gram lentil
to tasteSalt
8-10Green chillies
1 tablespoongrated ginger
1/2 teaspoonasafoetida
500 mlOil for frying
750 gCurd
as requiredDate tamarind chutney
as requiredSpicy bundi
as requiredFresh coriander leaves for garnish
as requiredRed chilli powder to sprinkle
1 tspRoasted cumin seeds powder to sprinkle
1 tspChaat masala to sprinkle
4 to 5fried green chillies
as requiredsliced onions

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Steps

1

Wash and soak urad dal in water for 6-7 hours.
2

Grind in mixer grinder along with green chillies, ginger and enough water. Prepare slightly thick batter.
3

Add salt and asafoetida. Mix well.
4

Heat oil in a pan. Beat batter with hand or big spoon for few seconds and drop Vadas in oil and deep fry till golden. Beat batter before every batches of frying vadas for getting soft and fluffy vadas.
5

Soak vadas in water for 25-30 minutes.
6

When vadas turns enough soft, squeeze water from it by pressing it between palms.
7

Whisk curd, add salt, sugar and chopped coriander leaves as per taste.
8

For date tamarind chutney:- boil dates and tamarind and grind them. Strain with strainer. Add salt, jaggery, roasted cumin seeds powder and red chilli powder.
9

Assembling:- take vadas in a plate. Apply curd and date tamarind chutney over it. Sprinkle little chaat masala, red chilli powder and roasted cumin seeds powder. Spread spicy bundi and garnish with coriander leaves. Enjoy.
10

For dal vada:- deep fry small size vadas from same batter till golden. Enjoy hot with fried green chillies and sliced onions.