Dahi Vada

Ingredients:

·  Urad daal – 1 cup

·  Salt to taste

·  Oil to fry

·  Dahi (yogurt) – ½ ltr

·  Finely chopped coriander leaves

·  Green chillies chopped - 2

·  Salt to taste

·  Mustard Seeds -1 tsp

·  Red Chillies -2

·  Jeera/Cumin seeds -1 tsp

Method:

• Clean, wash and soak the daal overnight.
• Grind it into coarse paste.
• Don’t add water let it be a bit of thick consistency; otherwise it will absorb a lot of oil.
• Add salt to taste.
• Heat oil in a pan and make vadas by using the   batter and fry till golden brown.
• Take the hot vadas and put in cold water for 2-3 minutes.
• Now Take them out of water and squeeze the water and keep aside.

• Blend the curd (yogurt) and little water until it is smooth.
• Add salt and chopped green chillies.
• In a deep vessel put all the vada and pour dahi over them.
• Take a pan add some oil and put the ingredients of tempering into it and let them splutter.
• Add the tempering to the dahi.
• Garnish with coriander.
• Serve the dahi vadas chilled.