Dahi Bhalla (vada)

Dahi Bhalla

Ingredients:-
For Bhalla
2 cup urad dal
1 fist moong dal
1 tsp raisin
1 tsp cumin seed
1 tsp cashew
salt to taste
oil for fry
For Dahi
4 cup dahi(according to u)
red chilli powder to taste
roasted cumin powder to taste
green chutney to taste
tamarind chutney to taste
salt to taste

Method:-
1.Rinse and soak urad dal and moong dal overnight or for 5-6 hours,rinse well and grind it in mixer or grinder into smooth fluffy mixture.Use 2-3 tbsp of water only if required.

2.You have to grind the dal until the batter becomes light and fluffy.Sprinkle water if the mixer making lot of noise.
3.Take out the batter in a wide bowl and start beating it with hand for 2-3 minutes,it will make the batter more light and fluffy,after beating continuously.
4.Now the most important thing to do specially if you used mixer to grind the dal to test if the batter is ready to make vada in a bowl of water drop a small bowl of vada if it’s floats on top of water then it’s ready to use.If the batter ball sinks a bit inside water then you have to beat it with hand for a minute more. Repeat the test until the batter ball  floats on top of water.If you skip this step the bhalla or vada will not be soft.

Float on top of water

5.Heat oil in a pan for deep frying.Keep a bowl of water near by,grease or wet your hand with water and take a dollop of dal batter and carefully drop it in hot oil and doesn’t stick with each other.
6.Fry until golden brown in medium flame,turn over and fry until another side gets golden brown too.Keep the vada in water pan and repeat the process for remaining dal batter.

7.Soak this fried vada in water for 5-7 minutes.Take them out of water and squeeze carefully to retain the shape.
8.In a wide bowl whisk curd and pour half of curd the serving dish,arrange bhalla/vada over it.
 Pour remaining curd over bhalla/vada.Keep it refrigerator for 1 hour or until ready to serve.

9.Whenever you serve it garnish with green and tamarind sweet chutney and top it up with red chilli powder,roasted cumin powder and salt.