Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, dahi vada. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Dahi bhalla are again slightly different from dahi vada. In dahi bhalle, papdis (fried flour crispies), boiled potato cubes and cooked chickpeas are added which add different textures, taste and flavor to the dahi bhalla. Both dahi vada and dahi bhalle are popular North Indian snacks as well as street food.
Dahi vada is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Dahi vada is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook dahi vada using 11 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Dahi vada:
- Prepare 1 cup urad dal
- Make ready 1 tsp ginger green chilli and paste
- Take to taste salt
- Get 2 cups oil for frying
- Make ready 3 tbsps tamarind chutney
- Take 2 tsps red chutney
- Get 2 tbsps coriander leaves
- Prepare 1 tsp chilli powder
- Make ready 1 tsp cumin powder
- Make ready 1 cup yogurt whipped
- Make ready water
These are great as a side dish for a formal dinner or served as a chaat. Dahi vadad are made using wash urad dal or moong dal or with a combination of both dals using different proportions of dal. Dahi Vada, Dahi Bhalla or Dahi Bara are fried lentil dumplings, topped with curd, variety of chutney and spices. It's a famous Indian Chaat recipe and very popular street food.
Steps to make Dahi vada:
- Soak urad dal in water for minimum 3 hours
- Remove a bit water and then grind it to thin paste. Note that paste should not be runny.
- Add ginger- green chilli paste and salt to taste
- Keep oil for frying on medium high heat
- After the oil is hot, use spoon to add dumplings directly in the oil
- Fry it for about 30 seconds and flip it over
- Fry it for approx 30 seconds, the dumpling should be golden in color, as shown in the image
- At the time of serving, take a pan with 1 cup of water
- Add dumplings/ vada in water
- Squeeze vada between palms to remove oil and make the vada a bit soft
- Arrange 4-5 vadas in a plate and garnish it with whipped yogurt, 1/2 tsp tamarind chutney, 1/4 tsp red chutney, pinch salt, pinch green chilli powder, pinch cumin powder, 1 tsp chopped coriander leave
- Repeat step 9 to 12 for remaining vada. Enjoy dahi wada
- Note 1: You can keep refrigerated the vadas in an air tight container for 2 days.
- Note 2: Put it in water just at the time of serving
- Note 3: Tamarind chutney and red chutney recipe are available on my page
Learn to make super soft Punjabi Dahi Bhalla at home. Making dahi vada during diwali is the tradition in my family. At my in-law's place, they top the dahi vada with spicy roasted peanuts. These peanuts are same as we make for dabeli. Many garnish it with thin sev or pomegranate seeds and/or coriander leaves.
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