Description
Dahi Vada - Dahi Bhalla chaat are absolutely melt in mouth delicious fritters served by street vendors throughout India. This tasty handheld fried lentil fritter are protein packed and gluten free that will delight your taste-buds with its combination of flavors.
Ingredients
For the Vada
- Urad Dal -1 cup
- Water - 1/2 cup
- Salt to taste
- Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
- Oil - 2 tbsp
For making Dhahi Bhalla Chaat :
- Thick curd - 3 cups
- Sugar - 4 Tbsp
- Green chutney - 1/2 cup
- Tamarind chutney - 1/2 cup
- Roasted cumin powder - 1 Tbsp
- Chopped coriander - 1/2 cup
- Red chili powder - 1 Tsp
- Rock salt/kala namak - 1 Tsp
Instructions
- Wash and soak urad dal overnight or minimum 4 hours.
- Drain the water and grind dal into a thick batter. If you find dal to be too thick, add half cup of water (little at a time ) to make it grind easily.
- Transfer the batter into a large bowl and salt and cumin seeds. Beat the batter for 5-6 minutes in a bowl.
- Heat a panniyaram pan / appe pan /Aeblesikver pan and add few drops of oil in each cavity of the pan.
- When the pan is hot lower the flame on low to med .Take a spoon and pour the batter in each cavities or you can pour all the batter or pour the batter in a zip-lock bag ,seal it and snip from one corner & pour the batter into each section of the pan.
- Turn the heat to med to high.
- When the batter puffs up, turn them with the help of a wooden stick. When cooked remove it from the pan.
- In a separate bowl, add lukewarm water and salt . Soak the vada in saltwater for 5 minutes Press the vada and remove the water and transfer onto a plate.
- Add sugar and rock salt in the yogurt and whisk it.
- Pour yogurt on top of the vada. Sprinkle the roasted cumin powder , red chill powder , Drizzle tamarind chutney ,green chutney and some chopped cilantro and sev.
- Ready to Enjoy!
How to fry the vada
Heat oil in a pan for deep frying on high. Test oil temperature by drooping a small drop of the batter into the oil. It should rise to the top immediately that means the oil is ready for frying. If the oil is not hot, the vadas will soak oil making them greasy.
With a help of spoon add the batter in the hot oil. Turn the temperature to medium. Fry on medium heat till the vada has become golden brown.
when they are done .Drain and remove them on absorbent paper to soak the excess oil . follow the instructions from 8 mentioned above
Notes
If you have a mixer / blender in which you can remove your lid Avoid putting the lid on the blender (air is formed) By doing so the batter will rise well and you will get nice and fluffy Vada /Fritters with beautiful air pockets.
- Prep Time: 4 hours
- Additional Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Cuisine: Indian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 145
- Sugar: 12
- Sodium: 450
- Fat: 7
- Saturated Fat: 2
- Unsaturated Fat: 5
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 19
- Fiber: 4
- Protein: 5
- Cholesterol: 7