DAHI- VADA

DAHI- VADA

INGREDIENTS FOR VADAS:-

Skinless urad dal (split black gram) – 1 cup

Hing (asafoetida) – ¼ tsp

Soda-bicarb – 1 pinch

Salt – ¼ tsp

Oil for frying

Youghert – 2 cups

Sugar- 2 tbs

To Garnish:-

Roasted cumin powder – 2 tea sp

Black salt- as per taste

Red chilli flakes (optional) - ½ tsp

Tamarind chutney

Green coriander – finely chopped

 

METHOD:-

 

Clean, wash and soak urad dal for 6-8 hours.

Drain water and grind the dal in mixer, add a little water if it seems stiff, now add salt, hing and soda bi-carb and whip it for a minute.

Now heat sufficient oil in a pan/kadhai, once oil is hot lower the heat and put in approx. one table spoon of batter in  oil and fry on low to medium heat until light golden In colour. You can fry 4-5 vadas at once. Fry all vadas like this.

Take 2 cups of lukewarm water and add ½ cup of yoghurt to water and mix it, soak all vadas in this water until you are ready to serve.

Mix rest of the yoghurt and sugar and beat to make it smooth.

To serve take out the vadas from watery mixture, squeeze it softly between your palms to take out extra water, be careful not to break the vadas.

Place  vadas in serving bowl, pour smooth yoghurt over it and sprinkle black salt, cumin powder, chilli flakes and tamarind  chutney and some green coriander.

Dahi vadas can be served as snack or as side dish with a meal.