Dahi Vada

Dahi Vada

Ingredients:-

1. 2 Cups Yogurt

2. 1 Cup Udid Dal / Urad dal / White lentils

3. 2 - 3 green chilies

4. 1/4 tbsp Ginger ( grated )

5.  Salt ( to taste )

6. Red Chili powder ( as per your requirement )

7. Black pepper powder (( as per your requirement )

8. Black salt ( as per your requirement )

9. 1/2 Cup water

10. 1 bowl Luke warm water

11. Oil ( for frying the vadas )

12. Chaat masala ( optional )

13. Sugar ( to taste )

Method:-

Dahi / Yogurt:-

1. To 2 Cups of yogurt add 1/4 Cup of Water and beat well. Break lumps if any to get a smooth 

    even texture.

2. Add salt, sugar ( to taste ).
3. Refrigerate till the dahi vadas are ready to be served.

Vadas:-

1. Wash 1 cup of Urad dal thoroughly several times.

2. Soak it in water for 5-6 hours.

3. Blend the urad dal, green chilies, ginger till nice and smooth adding very little water at a time.

4. The mixture formed should be thick in consistency.

5. Take this mixture in a bowl and with a spatula / whisk, whisk it for 5-10 minutes so that it
    gets creamy and fluffy ( this will help the vadas to be light and crisp).

6. Add salt and mix well once again.

7. In a pan heat some oil on medium high to fry the vadas.

8. With the help of a spoon or your hands start dropping a spoonful of mixture very carefully into
    the oil ( try to add it uniformly so as to get equal size vadas).

9. Fry the vadas till golden brown. Make sure that the oil is not very hot as we need to fry these
    vadas slowly.

10. Transfer them to paper towels to get rid of excess oil.

11. Repeat the same process for the rest of the vadas.

12. Once you are done with frying all the vadas, take some luke warm water in a large bowl.

13. Transfer all these vadas in to the water.

14. Press them into the water for a few seconds with your hands. Then remove them out and
      squeeze out the water by gently pressing them in between your palms ( one at a time ).

15. Now you may add these vadas to the yogurt and mix gently so that all of them are coated with
      the yogurt.

16. While serving sprinkle some red chili powder, black salt, pepper powder and chaat masala.

Enjoy!!!!


Dahi Vada made by Kirti Ambole :-