Dahi Vada

Dahi Vada Recipe

Dahi or curd is a great side dish after any meal as it is very good food for digestion. And most of the Nepalese have curd/curd recipes if they are having heavy meals which includes oily food.   Moreover there are many other health benefits of curd so I'm sharing this curd recipe. It's a very easy to prepare and healthy recipe but without compromise in taste. The taste of Dahi vada can be different as per your convenience. Today I'm sharing my version of the  Dahi vada recipe. Let's start with the ingredients required to prepare this recipe. Then we will go through its method of preparation.

Ingredients for Dahi vada:

For Vada:

1. Black lentil/maas dal (with or without outer cover) 200 gm

2. Salt                                         As per taste

3. Ginger/ garlic paste                1 tbs

4. Black pepper                           1/4 tbs

5. Red chili powder                     1/2 tbs

6. Oil                                           to deep fry

For Dahi:

1. Curd/ Dahi  (hung curd is preferred)  1/2 l

2. Black salt                                       As per taste

3. Sugar                                             1/2 tbs or just to neutralize the sour taste of curd or more if you like sweet Dahi vada.

4. Roasted cumin seed powder          1/2 tbs

5. Red chili powder                            1/2 tbs

6. Chaat masala                                  1/2 tbs

7. tamarind water                                2/3 tbs

Recipe to prepare Dahi vada:

1. Soak black lentil for 6/7 hour or overnight. If you use lentil without outer cover then you can grind it after soaking it for 6/7 hour. Else we need to remove the black cover after soaking.

2. Grind it in grinder/ mixture to make a smooth paste

  Note: do not add much water else the paste will become running and our vada will not be in texture we want. Add 2/3 tbs of water while grinding and in some cases it is also not required.

3.  After making a smooth paste of lentil. We will add all the above ingredients mentioned above for making vada. If you like floppy vada then you need to whisk the mixture for about 20/30 min. Else mix all the ingredients and it is ready to fry now.

4. Now we will fry vada by taking 1 full spoon for one vada at a time. You can add as much as your pan support of the above mixture and let it fry until its color changed to light brown color.

Note: Do not make it too brown else it will not soak much curd and it may not taste as good as it has to be.

5.  Now after frying all the vada put them in cold water. Let them soak water for about 1/2 hour and squeeze all the excess water and keep them aside. This will remove all the excess oil which is a much healthier way to eat Dahi vada.

6. Now we will prepare Dahi to dip those vada.  To prepare Dahi mixture we need hung curd. Curd with a lot of water will ruin the taste of Dahi vada so will first remove excess water from the curd.

7. And then mix all the above ingredients in curd and Dahi mixture is ready. Put all the vada in the Dahi and keep them for at least 2 hours in a freeze before serving.

Now you can have Dahi vada like a desert or a side dish for roti.
Be healthy. Eat healthy. Enjoy cooking. :)