Ingredients

• For the vadas:
• 1 cup- urad dal (black gram dal)
• 1/4 cup-mung dal (green gram dal)
• Salt
• For the yogurt:
• 5 cup - yogurt
• 1 tsp - green chillies, chopped
• 1/2 tsp - ginger grated
• 8 - curry leaves
• 1/4 tsp - mustard seeds
• 1 pinch - asafoetida
• Salt
• 4 tsp - sugar
• Chilli powder
• Cumin powder
• Black salt

How to Make Tasty Dahi Wada

• Soak the two dals for 7-8 hours or overnight. Grind it to a smooth paste.
• Add salt.
• Heat oil for deep frying in a kadahi and add spoonfuls of dal batter and fry until the vadas are golden brown.
• Drop the hot vadas in a bowl of cold water and leave for about 3-4 minutes.
• Take each vada out from water, squeeze the water out and set aside. Method for making dahi
• Blend the yogurt with little water until it is smooth.
• Add sugar, salt, green chillies and ginger.
• Make a tarka (seasoning) of mustard seeds, asafoetida and curry leaves and add to yogurt.
• Keep the yogurt in refrigerator until it is chilled.
• Serving the vadas: Arrange the squeezed vadas in a deep dish. Pour the yogurt on the vadas such that all the vadas are covered well by the yogurt. Sprinkle red chilli powder, roasted jeera powder and black salt (sanchal).
• Serve with sweet tamarind(imli) chutney.