Dahi-vada

INGREDIENTS:

for making vada:

urad or black gram washed                 2cups

baking soda                                          1 pinch

salt

oil for frying 

warm water

for making yogurt or dahi mixture:

yogurt, curd or dahi                    3-4cups

cumin powder                              1tsp

black salt , chili powder according to taste

for making chutney:

tamarind                   

roasted cumin powder

salt

sugar

chili powder 

METHOD:

for making vada:

• Soak the daal or black gram overnight in water.
• Grind it without adding water( as it's already soaked) in a grinder in a way so that the mixture has thick consistency.Grind in a food processor if u have one.
• Keep the mixture for 1/2hour or can add baking soda to make it soft.
• Heat oil for frying in a voke or kadhai.
• In a bowl take warm water and add some salt.
• For making vada wet ur hands, take some vada mixture make hole in between with finger and drop in oil carefully.Likewise , make rest of the vadas.
• Fry it on both sides till it  become light brown ,take it out with spatula and drop in warm water.
• Squeeze the vada to take out excess water and place it on another plate.

for making sweet n sour chutney:

• Soak tamarind in warm water for 30min. then mash it and seive it .(store bought tamarind paste can also be used)
• mix cumin powder , chili powder, sugar and salt according to your taste.Mix well.

for making yogurt mixture:

• Beat the yogurt so that there are no lumps and add salt ,some cumin powder and chili powder.
• Add soaked vada in yogurt  and keep it covered for 1-2hour , if they are hard and if ur vadas are soft u can serve it cool after few minutes.
• Serve vada with some yogurt mixture and garnish it with sweet sour chutney , cumin powder,chat masala, chili powder according to taste, u may also add green coriander chutney also.