Dahi Vada

Preparation Time : 20 minutes

Soaking Time : 3-4 hours

Cooking Time : 20 minutes

Serves : 3-4

Ingredients :

• 1 cup urad dal
• 2-3 green chillis
• 1/2 ginger grated (optional)
• salt to taste
• oil for deep frying
• Curd - 500 gms
• coriander powder
• red chili powder
• cumin powder
• chutneys (sweet / spicy) - optional
• 2-3 glass of water to soak vadas after frying
• 4-5 spoons of sugar to sweeten the curd (optional)

How to prepare :

• Soak Urad dal for about 3-4 hours, drain and grind in grinder to a smooth batter for making vadas.
• Mix curd and sugar and referigerate it till you prepare vadas.
• Add salt, grated chilis and ginger to the batter and mix well.
• Heat oil in a wok and deep fry the vadas and once they are slight cool soak them in the bowl of water till they are soft.
• Remove excess water from the vadas by pressing it with both the palms and remove it in a plate
• Add sweeted curd , sprinkle salt, cumin powder, red chilli , corriander powder on the dahi vadas.
• Add sweet and spicy chutneys on top of it (optional)
• Serve the delicious dahi vada.