Dahi wada
Dahi wada recipe in the indian category
Recipe ingredients:
- For the wadas:
- 1 cup udad dal, black gram dal
- 1/4 cup mung dal, green gram dal
- Salt to taste
- For the dahi (yogurt):
- 5 cups dahi, yogurt (you can use homemade yogurt or low-fat yogurt from the market)
- 1 teaspoon green chillies, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger grated
- 7 to 8 curry leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
- Pinch asafoetida
- Salt to taste
- 4 teaspons sugar (yogurt should taste little sweet)
Recipe method:
- Method for wadas:
- Soak the two dals for 7 to 8 hours or overnight.
- Grind it to a smooth paste.
- Add salt to taste.
- Heat oil for deep frying in a kadahi and add spoonfuls of dal batter and fry until the wadas are golden brown.
- Drop the hot wads in a bowl of cold water and leave for about 3 to 4 minutes.
- Take each wada out from water, squeeze the water out and set aside.
- Method for making dahi:
- Blend the yogurt with little water until it is smooth.
- Add sugar, salt, green chillies and ginger.
- Make a tarka (seasoning) of mustard seeds, asafoetida and curry leaves and add to yogurt.
- Keep the yogurt in refrigerator until it is chilled.
- Arrange the squeezed wadas in a deep dish.
- Pour the yogurt on the wadas such that all the wads are covered well by the yogurt.
- Sprinle red chiili powder, roasted jeera powder and black salt (sanchal).
- Serve with sweet tamarind (imli) chutney.