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Dahi Vada Recipe, How to Make Dahi Vada Recipe, Dahi Bhalla Recipe
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 
Dahi Vada or Dahi Bhalla Recipe is one of the popular snack recipes in north India.
Course: Appetizer, Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Dahi Vada Recipe
Servings: 6
Calories: 560 kcal
Author: Uppada Lakshmi
Ingredients
Ingredients for Dahi Vada or Dahi Bhalla Recipe:
  • Urad dal – 1 cup
  • Yogurt – 2 cup.
  • Mustard seeds – ½ tbsp.
  • Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp.
  • Curry leaves – 2 tbsp.
  • Dry red chilies – 3 no.
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tbsp.
  • Ginger – ¼ cup.
  • Green chilies – ¼ cup.
  • Asafetida – a pinch
  • Water – To soak dal and to make buttermilk.
  • Salt – 3 tbsp. as per your taste
  • Oil – to deep fry.
Instructions
How to Make Dahi Vada Recipe:
  1. Soak Urad dal for an hour.
  2. Blend soaked urad dal by adding ginger pices, green chillies and little salt.
Note: Make sure that batter has thick consistency.
  1. Beat batter for a while so that we get soft and spongy vadas which again helps to absorb yogurt.
Preparation of Dahi:
  1. Meanwhile, in a hollow vessel add yogurt, little salt and whip so that you get soft buttermilk.
  2. Add little water and make medium consistency buttermilk so that Vada can absorb easily.
Making of Vada Recipe:
  1. In a kadai, add oil and bring it to optimum temperature.
  2. Take small lump of batter and make vada on hand or using medhu vada machine and drop it gently in oil.
  3. Deep fry vada till they attain golden brown color.
  4. Once they are cooked, transfer these vada into butter milk and let them soak.
Preparation of Temper to garnish:
  1. In a small tawa heat oil and add mustard seeds, asafetida, curry leaves, dry red chillies, turmeric powder, cumin seeds and saute for a second.
  2. When temper is hot, pour over Dahi Vada Recipe.
  3. Garnish with sliced coriander leaves. (optional)

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