Dahi Vada

Dahi Vada

During Holi festival after having sweets in every house people visited they wanted some thing cold and spicy. So I always used to make soft juicy Dahi Vada... and everybody enjoyed eating it and used to come to my home in the end so they could eat with leisure :) :). And oh boy!! my son!!! He can eat Dahi Vada made by me any time and any amount. And the expressions on his face while he eats are worth watching!!! :)

Preparation time:  10 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Servings: Total number of Dahi Vada made from above material 30- 35.

Ingredients required 

• 250 gm. Urad dal.

• 750gm. Curd.
• Water
• 250 ml. Cooking oil.
• Salt to taste.
• Pinch of Asafoetida.
• 1/4Tea spoon of Turmeric powder.
• 10 gm. of Sugar.
• 1 Tea spoon of Red chilly powder.
• 2 Tea spoons of finely chopped coriander leaves.



















• 50 gm. Roasted Cumin powder

Directions To Prepare Dahi Vada

• Wash and soak urad dal for 4-5 hrs.
• Drain the water and grind the dal to thick paste.

• To the above, add the following and beat with fingers or a wooden spoon till it becomes fluffy:
• Asafoetida
• Salt 
• Turmeric powder
• Heat oil in a wok till it is smoking then lower the flame.
• Keep a bowl full of water ready near by.
• Apply little water to your palms and place spoon full of batter on it and make a hole in the center .



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• Slip carefully the the round batter with the hole in the oil.

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• Fry on low flame till it is golden color from both sides. Keep turning the vada while frying.

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• Remove the vada from heat and put it in water.
• Repeat till the batter finishes.
• The vadas will soak water and will swell and become soft.
• Beat the curd to smoothness.
• Add sugar and salt to taste and mix thoroughly.
• Press the soaked vadas to remove excess of water.
• Wrap the vadas  in the curd gently and place a layer in the serving bowl and pour curd on it.
• Decorate by making designs using your artistic skill :) with: 
• Red chilly powder
• Turmeric powder
• Cumin powder 




• Coriander leaves.

Dahi Vada

 Serve the delicious Dahi Vadas with sweet tamarind chutney. The recipe of sweet tamarind chutney is available at

http://jyotsna-pant.blogspot.com/2011/10/sweet-tamarind-chutney.html

  Tip(s)

• Make sure that while grinding water is added little by little as per the requirement.
• Keep applying water to your palms every time after putting batter in oil for frying.
• Removal of excess of water from soaked vadas should be done very gently.