Monday, 13 April 2015

Dahi vada(Dahi bhalla)- a snack preparation with yogurt and fried dumplings made of white lentil(urat dal)

This is a snack dish, I usually prepare in summer evenings for my super hungry family and guests..

Preparation time- 15 mins(excluding overnight soaking of the lentils)
Cooking time- 30 mins
Serves- 8

Ingredients-
Urat dal( white lentil)- 200 gm
yogurt- 500 gm
red chilli powder- 1/2 teaspoon
Roasted cumin powder- 1/2 teaspoon
Black salt- as per your taste
Salt- as per taste
Asafoetida- 1/2 tea spoon
Pomegranate- for garnishing
Vegetable oil- 1 litre(for deep frying)
Sev- 1/2 cup (optional, to garnish)

Chutney-
Jaggery- 5 tablespoon
Sugar- 1 tablespoon
Tamarind paste- 4 tea spoon

Cook away-
1)Soak the lentils in plain water for overnight.
2) Grind the soaked lentils to fine paste, next day.
3) Keep it in a warm place covered, for an hour. Let it ferment. If you don't see fermentation even after an hour, add baking soda into it.
4) Add a little salt in the paste.
5) Deep fry in shape of dumplings. (big or small)
6) Take a different container. Heat water in it. After it's done, add asafoetida.
7) Keep the deep fry dumplings immediately in the hot water to soak for 10 mins.
8) Take a bowl, mix the tamarind paste, jaggery, sugar and 4 table spoon water and boil the mixture for 5 mins. That's the chutney. Keep it aside, let it cool down.
9) Take a big bowl, add the yogurt, black salt, pinch of salt and roasted cumin powder. Add 1/3 cup of water in it. Whisk the mixture vigorously for a minute.
10)Take a small serving bowl, add 2 tablespoon of yogurt mixture(9). Put 2 dumplings in it. Add the yogurt mixture on top of the dumplings again(as per your desire). Slowly spread evenly the tamarind paste over the yogurt soaked dumplings.
11) Add pinch of red chilly powder, pomegranate and sev(all optional) to garnish.

You can add anything you like too, as per your wish, and let us know about it :D
Enjoy this delicious North Indian snack.
Eat, like and share.. :)
Don't forget to give me your feedback. :)



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