Monday 16 May 2011

Dahi Vada alludum (Odisha style):ଦହି ବରା


 




Ingredients:
For  Vada:
1 Cup Urad daal
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
Salt to taste
Oil to fry
For Dahi :
500 gm thick yogurt
Curry leaves
Mustard seeds-1 tsp
Hing- 1-pinch
1/2 tsp grated Ginger
1-2 green chilies chopped
chopped coriander leaves
½ tsp sugar
Salt to taste
2 tsp Roasted cumin powder
Red chili powder to taste
Preparation:
For  Vada :
soak the daal overnight. Grind it into smooth paste. Add soda & salt to taste.



Heat oil in a kadai. Apply some water in your palms & fingers. take a small amout of batter & flatten with help of your fingers with a hole in a middle. take the vada from your hand & drop in the hot oil. 




fry till golden brown.


Take the hot vadas and put in cold water for 3-5 minutes.




Now Take the vadas out of water and squeeze the water and keep aside.



For Dahi :
Blend the curd  and little water. Add chopped ginger, green chillis,salt, red chili powder sugar & cumin powder. In a deep dish arrange vada and pour dahi over them.



In a kadai add 1-2 tsp oil. Add hing, cumin seeds & add curry leaves.pour it on dahi vada & mix slowly. Keep in refrigerator for an hour to get chilled.



Garnish with coriander & boondis or sev. Serve the dahi vadas chilled with alloo dum ( ucan find the alloo dum recipe from here (alloo-dum-odisha-style.html)& Guguni (yellow peas curry).





One old pic of my 1st Dahivada ..:):) just wanted to share this pic with u all ....





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Ushnish Ghosh said...

Dear pranati
I am a great Dahi Vada eater but I love the Odisa dahi Vada the most , extra khata and a good sprinkle of very hot chili flakes and more salt...I make and eat almost every other day..Reminds me of Narayana GuDia in front of the school gate ha ha
Bhala thiba

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