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 ....