DAHI BADA RECIPE I DAHI VADA RECIPE IDAHI BHALLA RECIPE

DAHI BADA RECIPE I DAHI VADA RECIPE IDAHI BHALLA RECIPE 

Soft Dahi Bada dunked in yogurt and topped with chutneys! These deep fried lentil fritters are popular street snack in North India! The taste is unique delicious mouth watering and easy to make with kitchen ingredients.

 DAHI BADA RECIPE I DAHI VADA RECIPE IDAHI BHALLA RECIPE 

Soft Dahi Bada dunked in yogurt and topped with chutneys! These deep fried lentil fritters are popular street snack in North India! The taste is unique delicious mouth watering and easy to make with kitchen ingredients.

 60 minuts

Ingredients

 6 servings

1. 240 Grams urad dal dhuli, split & dehusked black gram lentil
2. 1/2 teaspoon salt
3. 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
4. water to grind the dal, approx 1/3 cup water
5. oil to fry the vadas, I used refine oil
6. salt ¼ for water after fry and remove vada in salt water
7. To serve
8. 5-6 cups plain yogurt or you can use more to taste
9. Sweet Tamarind dates jiggery chutney to drizzle on top
10. Roasted cumin powder to sprinkle
11. sendha salt to sprinkle (Rock salt)
12. red chili powder to sprinkle
13. salt to sprinkle as required
14. pomegranate to sprinkle
15. coriander leaf to sprinkle
16. ginger julienne cut to sprinkle

Steps

1. 1- Rinse the dals with water and soak overnight in 3 to 4 cups water.

2. 2- In the morning, drain the water and transfer the drained dal to a blender along with 1/3 cup water (approx)

3. 3- Grind the mixture to a smooth paste.

4. 4- Then transfer the batter to a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment. You can also use a hand mixer here or use your hands and mix with a whisk/spoon.and add salt to taste,1pinch baking soda and ¼ tbsp cumin seed
   Beat at medium speed for 5 minutes (using the whisk attachmen,It will also become lighter in color. If mixing by hands, whisk for around 10 minutes.

5. 5- To check if the batter is ready for frying, drop some of it in a jar of water, it should float which means it’s airy and ready to fry.

6. 6- Heat oil in a kadai on medium heat. Oil should neither be too hot, nor too cold. If it’s too hot- dahi bada will become brown quickly but will be raw from inside.
   Once the oil is heated, use a ice cream scoop or use your hands to drop batter into the hot oil. Do not overcrowd the kadai, give enough space for the dahi bada to fry.

7. 7- Fry the dahi bada on med

8. 8- Fry until they turn golden brown, this will take around 8-9 minutes on medium heat. Remove fried dahi bada.

9. 9- Take a bowl with normal walter add 1 tbsp salt, and remove fried dahi bada to normal water for 20 minutes. Dahi bada will swell up and increase in size.
   Repeat until all batter is finished.

10. 10- After 20 minutes, take each bhalla and squeeze gently between your palms to drain water, repeat with all the dahi bada.
    Meanwhile whisk 2 to 3 cups plain yogurt. Add little water or milk to thin it down.

11. 11- Add dahi bada to a bowl and then cover with the whisked yogurt.
    Let it sit in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.

12. 12- Whisk the remaining 3 cups yogurt. The yogurt should be thick but pouring consistency.

13. Take out the dahi bada from the refrigerator, place each in serving tray.
    Then pour the whisked yogurt all over. In total I used around 5 to 6 cups of yogurt here.

14. Sprinkle cumin powder, red chili powder and salt on top.
    Top the dahi bada with Tamarind dates jaggery chutney and garnish with pomegranate, Julian cut ginger, coriander leaf and serve!