Diwali Recipe- Trending Now For Party Is Dahi Vada

You will love this recipe of Dahi Vada/Dahi Bhalla/Thayir Vadai! This delicious Indian snack is made with yogurt, fried lentil fritters, and sweet and savory toppings.In this dish, the fried vadas or fritters (made from lentils) are dunked in a sweet and spicy yogurt mixture and served. Top it with many fun toppings to make it more appetizing. Dahi Bhalla is a crowd favorite because it's easy to make and loaded with flavors! Save this recipe of dahi vada for the holiday season!

Ingredients

To Make the Vadas

1/2 cup urad dal
1/3 cup moong dal
1/3 cup green moong dal
3 green chillies
1 tbsp ginger
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 cup water
salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp hot oil
oil for frying

To Prepare the Dahi

3 cups yogurt
salt
2 tbsp powdered sugar
4 tsp cumin powder
4 tsp chilly powder
1/4 cup cilantro

For Garnish

1/4 cup green chutney
1/4 cup sweet tamarind chutney
1/4 cup sev

Method

To Make the Vadas

* Wash and then soak urad dal, yellow moong dal and green gram split moong dal for 8 hours or even overnight.

* Drain and transfer to a blender jar. Also add broken green chillies. Then add ginger paste, salt, coriander powder and cumin powder.

* Grind to make a smooth and thick batter by gradually adding cold water. It should not be grainy in texture but smooth.
Transfer the batter to a bowl. Add baking soda and hot oil. Whisk the batter till it's light and fluffy to aerate. The vada batter is now ready.

* Add oil to a frying pan. Keep the flame on medium. To check if its hot enough, add a small pea-size batter to the oil. If it immediately floats up to the top, that means the oil is very hot, lower the flame. If it sinks to the bottom, then it means oil is not hot enough. The right temperature would be when the ball takes a couple of seconds to float up.

* Using a small spoon or tablespoon, drop the balls in oil. Fry them on medium flame till they evenly turn golden brown. Keep tossing them in oil to cook evenly. Fry them in batches. Do not overcrowd.

* Transfer the balls in warm (not hot or room temperature) water immediately. It should float. Leave them in water till they become bigger, turn soft and fluff up or leave it for 15-20 minutes.

* Squeeze out the excess water from them using your palm. Press gently so that they don't loose their shape and break. Transfer to a plate for now.

To Prepare the Dahi

* In another bowl, add yogurt. Whisk it till smooth and creamy. Add salt and sugar to the bowl.

* Also add chilly powder, chopped cilantro, and cumin powder to the bowl. Whisk it all together.

* You can chill this Indian yogurt mixture till it's time to serve or add the squeezed out vadas to this bowl, mix and chill it in the fridge.

To Assemble

* To serve in individual glasses or jars, smear the sides of the glasses with sweet chutney and green chutney.

* Add 1-2 tablespoons of yogurt mixture into the glass.

* Stuff the glass with 2-3 vadas in each glass.

* Fill it with the spiced yogurt. Be generous here. Top it with sweet chutney.

* Sprinkle sev, chilly powder and cumin powder on top.