Dahi Vada

Popular Indian dish, specially enjoyed on warm summer nights! This is a great dish to take to potlucks and serve in parties.

Ingredients:
325gm Urad Daal
1-2 tsp Asafoetida(Hing)
Salt
Sugar
Black salt
Roasted Cumin powder
Red chilly powder
Tamarind chutney
Pomegranate seeds
Oil for frying
1 tub of regular whole milk yogurt

Method:

Vada recipe
1. Soak Urad daal, hing and 1/4 tbsp salt in water for 5 hours.
2. After 4 hours, make a smooth paste of soaked daal.
3. Whip this paste into a light and airy mixture.
Note: You can use hand spatula or an electric whisk for this purpose.
4. Make small balls of this mixture, and deep fry in hot oil.
5. Remove the fried balls and directly place them in a big pot containing water. Let them soak in the water for 2-3 hours. Set aside to chill.
6. Before serving these, take out the soaked balls and place them in yogurt mixture for at least an hour.
7. Right before serving, sprinkle the yogurt and ball mixture with roasted cumin powder, black salt, red chilly powder, tamarind chutney and some pomegranate seeds.

Dahi recipe
1. In a big bowl, beat yogurt, salt and sugar with very little water until it makes a smooth and creamy mixture. Set aside to chill.