Dahi Vada/Aavada

Ingredients:

• urad dal - 1 cup
• moong dal - 2 tablespoon
• curd/yogurt - 3 cups
• jeera - 2 tablespoon
• dry red chillies- 2 - 3
• coriander leaves- a small bunch
• sugar - 1/4 teaspoon
• salt to taste
• oil for frying

Method:

• Soak both the dals overnight or 6-8 hours, grind it to smooth paste.
• Now take the curd and beat it nicely with a spoon along with salt and 1/4 teaspoon of sugar.
• Fry jeera and the red chillies without oil and grind it to powder, add this to the beaten curd with very little water.
• Now fry the vadas in oil, and as soon as you take it out put the vadas in warm water for 5-10 second, after that take the vadas out and squeeze any excess water with hand and put it in the curd.
• Finally, you can garnish your dahi vada with coriander leaves. If you like you can add mustard, jeera, curry leaves and asafoetida seasoning to this.

Tip: To make this dahi vada more appealing you can garnish little tomato ketchup and date and tamarind chutney.