A unique and special dahi vada recipe which hails from hyderabad. A super tasty yet comforting Iftar special dish. Try this hyderabadi version of dahi vada and let me know in the comments how it turned out.
Ingredients:
*Whole Urad – 1 cups (washed & soaked for 3 hours)
*Small Onion – 1 No’s (finely chopped)
*Fresh Curd – ½ Ltr
* Coriander leaves – 2 Tbsp (finely chopped)
*Green Chilies – 1 Tsp (finely chopped)
*Salt to taste.
*Ginger – 1 Tsp (Finely Chopped)
*Coconut – 1 Tsp (Finely Chopped)
*Hing – ¼ Tsp
*Baking Soda – 2 Pinches.
* Turmeric Powder – ¼ Tsp
*Coriander Leaves – 1 Tsp (Finely Chopped) (For Garnishing)
For Tempering:
*Mustard Seeds – ¼ Tsp
*Curry Leaves – 7 or 8
*Ghee – 1 Tsp
*Dry Red Chilies – 1 Whole
Preparation Time | 30 minutes |
Cooking Time | 20 minutes |
SERVES – 4 | |
Method:-
*Drain Urad Daal and put in a mixer jar, add salt to taste, Hing and Baking Soda – 1 Pinch each.
*Now add 1 Tbsp of water and grind it into a fine paste.
*Remove into a bowl; add onion, coriander leaves, green chilies, chopped ginger, chopped coconut.
*Now beat the mixture till it is fluffy.
*To test the batter take a bowl of water and add ½ a spoon of Vada’s mixture to it, if it raises the batter is fluffy if not beat the batter some more time.
* Heat oil in a kadai, while the oil is getting hot pour the curd in a mixer jar, add turmeric powder and add salt to taste; blend for a minute.
*Remove in a serving bowl. Grease your palm with oil, now take the Vada’s batter in your hand; shape it; make a hole in a center, and put in hot oil.
"Fry till golden brown; keep a bowl of cold water ready.
*Drain Vada’s from hot oil and immerse in the cold water; let it stand for a minute. *Remove from the water and pour into a bowl of curd.
*Let it soak for 10 minutes.
*Now heat a frying pan for tempering, put ghee in it, when it is hot add mustard seeds; when it splutters add curry leaves, now add red chili.
*Pour this tempering over the Dahi Vada’s. *Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve immediately…
