Chennai Dahi-Vadas
Vadas soaked in Curd
Recipe by christy gerald of Dubai, AE
These Yummy Dahi-Vadas r popular in TamilNadu.U can try this dish with leftover uraddhal vadas too.Otherwise, do the vadas first.Serve these Dahi-vadas at tea-time or with breakfast.Chennai Dahi-vada recipe is given here to try at home.
Ingredients
vegetarian
8 servings
For Urad dhal Vada:
- 1/2 cup - Urad dhal - soaked for an hour and ground into a flour without adding water.
- 1/2 cup chopped onions
- a sprig curry leaves
- few chopped coriander leaves
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ground spices - (6 pepper corns,1 green chilly,1/2 tsp cumin seeds)
- 1/2 cup refined oil for shallow frying
- 1 litre Dahi or Curd - beaten well
- 2 green chillies-chopped fine
- 1/2 tsp jeera powder
- few coriander and 4 curry leaves-chopped fine.
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp grated carrot
- 3 tbsp kara boondhi - for garnishing
Directions
- Grind 1/2 cup urad dhal which is soaked for an hour,to a flour without adding water.
- Grind the spices (6 pepper corns,1 green chilly,1/2 tsp cumin seeds)
- Take a bowl and add the urad dhal flour,ground spices,chopped onions,chopped coriander leaves,curry leaves and Salt.Mix it well.
- Shape the dough into round-shaped vadas with a hole in the centre.
- Heat oil in a non stick frying pan and shallow fry the vadai on both sides,till golden brown.
- Take another bowl and add curd, chopped green chilli,grated carrot,jeera powder,chopped coriander leaves and curry leaves and salt .Mix well.
- Soak the Uraddhal vadas(should be fully soaked in dahi-mix) in it and leave them for 40 mins at least(keep them in Fridge).Garnish with kara boondhi on top.
- Serve them chilled at tea-time or with breakfast.