Dahi Vada

Ingredients:

• Urad dal - 1 cup
• Curd - 4 cups
• Water - 1/2 cup
• Green chillies - 2-3
• Ginger piece - small
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

For seasoning:

• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Red chillies - 2
• Tumeric - pinch
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Salt to taste

For garnishing:

• Grated carrot - 1/4 cup
• Chat masala - 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves - few

Method:

• Wash and soak dal for 4 hours, drain the water and grind dal, green chilli, ginger and salt to smooth paste by adding little water
• Heat the oil, now take big lemon size ball batter flatten on plastic sheet and make a hole in the middle of the batter.
• Drop the vada into a hot oil and fry till golden color, immidetly Drop the hot vadas in a bowl of water and leave for about 2-3 minutes
• Take each vada out from water, squeeze the water out and set aside
• Beat the curd with water till it is smooth, add salt and season it
• Arrange the squeezed vadas in a deep dish. Pour the curd on the vadas such that all the vadas are covered well by the curd
• At the time of serving, take 2-3 vadas and place them in a serving plate and sprinkle some grated carrot, chat masala and garnish with coriander leaves