Dahi Wada

Dahi Wada in Marathi

Serves: 10 Medium Vada


Ingredients:
::::Vada:::
¾ cup Urad Dal
¼ cup Fresh Coconut, small thin pieces
4-5 Black Pepper, crushed coarsely
Salt to taste
2 cup Buttermilk, thin consistency
Oil for Deep frying
::::Yogurt blend::::
1 ½ cup plain Yogurt
5 to 6 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Salt or to taste
::::Other Seasonings::::
Ground Black Pepper
Red Chili Powder
Chat Masala

Method:
1) Wash and soak Urad Dal for 5 hours. Drain after 5 hours. Grind Urad dal for about 3 to 4 minutes or until fine and light paste. Do not add water while grinding. Urad batter should be thick. Add salt, crushed Black Pepper and coconut pieces to the batter and mix well.
2) Heat oil for deep frying. Keep the heat on medium. Drop spoonful batter with hands or with the spoon. Deep fry until golden brown.
3) Take buttermilk into a bigger bowl and little sugar and little salt and mix. Put fried wadas into buttermilk and soak for an hour.
4) While wadas are soaking in the buttermilk, start making Yogurt mixture. Whisk yogurt until smooth. Add very little water if needed. Add salt and sugar to taste. Refrigerate for an hour to make yogurt chill.
5) To serve, place 2 to 3 soaked wadas into serving plate. Pour enough amount of Yogurt over wadas. Sprinkle little Chat Masala, Black pepper, and red Chili Powder.

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Dahi Wada, Dahi vada, Indian Chat Food