Dahi Vade

Payaswini's Recipes





Ingredients:
1/2 cup black gram (urad dal)
1/2 cup moong dal
2 cups yogurt
1/2 tsp. cumin powder
1/2 tsp. red chilli powder
2 tbsp. coriander, finely chopped
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method:
Wash and soak the dals together for 4 hours.
Grind the dal to a smooth dough, adding a very little water. Mix in the salt.
Wet your palms and take batter into the palms. Shape into a ball and make a hole with the thumb in the center.

Heat a few inches of oil in a deep fryer and deep fry the vades until golden brown and crisp
Drain, keep aside.
In a bowl, beat yogurt and add cumin, red chilli powder, salt and coriander leaves and mix well.
Put vades in plain water and soak for 10 minutes. Squeeze out water from the vade.
Arrange vades in a bowl. Pour spicy yogurt to cover vades.
Sprinkle cumin, red chilli powder and chopped coriander over it.
Serve cold.