Dahi Vada/Dahi Bhalla

Dahi vada also called as dahi bhalla another very delicious recipe, sometimes goes as a starter, sometimes with the main course or as an evening snack.

Ingredients for vada
1 cup udad daal
2 cups of plain curd
Chopped ginger
Cumin seeds
10-15 raisins
Oil to fry

For imli chutney
Tamarind 50grams
Saunf (no flavor)
Coriander seeds (Sukha Dhania)
Sugar or jaggery

For dahi vada, wash and soak the udad daal in water overnight or for min 4 hrs. After that blend the daal in to smooth paste, make sure it’s neither too thick nor too loose. Now mash the batter for sometime till your batter quantity is increased a bit. This will make your vadas bit fluffy and soft. Keep the batter aside for 10-15 mins. Before frying add salt, cumin seeds, raisins, chopped ginger and mix it well. Moist your hands with water (yes with only water not oil) that will make it easy for you to pour batter in the form of small round balls in the oil to deep fry till little brown.

Once your vadas are ready soak them in a Luke warm water for few mins

In a meanwhile beat the curd, add salt, black pepper, little bit of red chili powder.

Now squeeze water from vada gently and dip into curd. Garnish it with coriander leaves, roasted cumin powder and tamarind chutney

For tamarind chutney, soak tamarind in hot water for 15 mins.
Mash it for sometime and then filter the seeds I usually use the seedless tamarind. Add a glass of water in the tamarind paste and put it for boiling add sugar or jaggery, coriander seeds, saunf. Let it be boiled till bit condensed in the form of chutney. Cool it a bit

Enjoy your yummiee vadas or dhai bhallas with chutney.