Soft Dahi Vada Recipe

5 from 9 votes

Soft Dahi Vada Recipe

Soft delicious bites of lentil fritters soaked in yogurt sauce drizzled with tamarind and mint sauce topped with fine crispy deep fried chickpea bites.

Prep Time4

Cook Time30

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Indian

Servings:

Calories: 200kcal

Author: Nisha

Ingredients

For Vadas

1 cup black gram split (urad)
¼ cup moong dal yellow split
½ inch ginger
2 green chillies or as desired

For Yogurt sauce

4 cups yogurt beaten well
5 tsp sugar or more if you prefer sweeter
1 tsp salt or to taste
2 cups water

For garnish

2 tbsp mint chutney
2 tbsp tamarind relish chutney
2 tbsp lentils dev
¼ cup pomegranate seeds
1 pinch red chili powder
1 pinch chaat masala powder
1 pinch cumin powder
1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped

Instructions

Soak the lentils for about four hours in a large bowl of water.
Grind the soaked dals with ginger and green chillies with very little water.
Add salt and beat the batter well for about 5 minutes until it aerates well.
In a deep fry pan heat oil and pour a spoonful of batter.
Fry the lentil fritters and drain them into a bowl with paper towel.
After it is cooled transfer the fritters to a large bowl of hot water and keep the fritters submerged with a heavy lid or plate.
Keep a flat bowl of yogurt beaten with water, a little salt and sugar ready .
Squeeze the fritters of oil and water and transfer to the bowl filled with beaten yogurt .
Drizzle with mint chutney, tamarind chutney, pomegraranate seed and top with crunchy sev if desired.
Sprinkle a pinch of red chilli powder , cumin powder and chaat masala all over if desired.

Notes

There are certain tips to follow to make the Dahi Vadas soft, so they melt in your mouth with the first bite. We use two types of lentils, split black gram dal and split yellow moong dal, in the ratio of 1 is to ¼ in this recipe. Alternately, you can use split black gram alone, which will also work.

Whisk the batter well with a fork or spoon for about 4 to 5 minutes so it aerates. This step is very important to make the Dahi Vadas soft.

To check if the batter is well aerated, drop a spoonful of it into a bowl of water and see if it floats .

When the Vadas are ready to be submerged in water, make sure to place a plate and a heavy container on the top to ensure the Vadas are submerged in water.

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