Dahi Vada( Bhalle ) Recipe
Saturday, January 26, 2008

Ingredients:
For Vadas
1 cup Urad dal (Black gram dal)
1/4 cup Mung dal (Green gram dal)
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
2 table spoons Ginger finely diced
For Dahi ( Yoghurt)
5 Cups Dahi
2 Green Chillies finely chopped
10 Curry Leaves
1/2 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
2 tsp Sugar
Salt to taste
1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
1 pinch Hing ( Asafoetida)
1 teaspoon Chat Masala
Instructions:
1. Mix and wash both the Dals ( Urad Dal and Mung Dal)
2. Soak them in plenty of water and leave overnight
3. Next morning , discard the water and Grind them to a smoot paste ( you may need to add a bit of water to help grinding)
4. Mix the salt and the finely diced ginger in this batter.
5. make small balls of the batter and deep fry them until golden brown
6. Take them out on some kitchen towels to drain excess oil.
7. Transfer the fried Wadas into water and leave them dipped in water for 5 minutes.
8. Now take the wadas out and squeeze each wada to remove excess water.
9. Now take the yoghurt and light beat it, thin it with water if needed.
10. Add Green chillies in the yoghurt.
11. Add the wadas in the dahi.
12. Take some oil and heat it in a small fry pan, add the mustard seeds and fry till they start crackling.
13. Add the Asafoetida and curry leaves and fry.
14. Pour this mixture of oil on top of the yoghurt.
15. Sprinkle some Chat Masala and Red Chilli powder.