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How to make dahi vada at home – Dahi vada recipe

August 14, 2016 By admin 4 Comments

You must have tried dahi vada at roadside snacks store or at a restaurant. It is so delicious and spicy food. Vada is immersed in curd with a lot of masala (spices). In North India, it is served with red (tamarind) and green (pudina) chutney. It is basically a south Indian dish and people have it as snacks as well as breakfast too. If you want to try this at home then this dahi vada recipe will help you make it very easily.

dahi vada recipe
Dahi vada

In north India, dahi bhalla is also a popular dish similar to dahi vada and people use to have it from road side stores. But in dahi bhalla so many other ingredients are added. Papdi in added in dahi bhalla but here dahi wada is more simple and fried vada is immersed in curd.

Generally, you can have a plate of dahi vada at a price of Rupees 25-40 in Northern India, particularly in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, and Uttarakhand. Not only that nowadays it is very popular in other parts of India also. In West Bengal, it is known as doi bora, where as in Odisha it is known as dahi bora. This curd based vada is favorite chaat in Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh also. But it has a new name in each state. There is little variation in taste also as they add spices and chutney according to their taste.

Also read: What do Indians eat for breakfast?

Once you learned to make dahi vada at home then you can do a lot of experiment according to your taste and surprise your family members. This is super delicious chaat with mouth watering extra spices. I love this food for breakfast also. But most people prefer this as a starter before dinner or snack at evening. Nowadays it becomes a popular snack in wedding reception’s food menu or any other occasion.

You can check other breakfast dishes (sabudana khichdi, poha, upma etc) and can start a healthy day with full of energy.

delicious dahi vada

Delicious dahi vada recipe

Preparation time: 6-7 hours
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves: 3-4 people

Ingredients

  • Urad dal – 100 gm
  • Dahi / curd – 200 gm
  • Roasted coriander powder – 1.5 tsp
  • Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp
  • Red mirch /chili  powder – 1.5 tsp
  • Salt – according to taste
  • Sugar powder – 2 tsp
  • Water – 1 cup

Directions

  1. Let urad dal soak in water for 2-4 (two to four)  hours (overnight) and blend in mixer grinder to make paste and add 2 Tsp of curd and leave that paste for over night
  2. Next day add baking powder and salt in paste
  3. Heat a pan and add sunflower oil
  4. Make a small ball of dal paste and fry in oil
  5. Immerse fried dal-balls in water for 10 minutes & let all dal vada to cool and press them both sides with your hands and make flat shaped vada
  6. Now in a bowl add curd, salt, a few spices (coriander powder, cumin powder & red chili powder) and water (1 tbsp). Now mix those spices with curd
  7. Now take 3-4 vada on a plate and spread curd (with masala) over that
  8. Now mix all residual spices and spread over that plate according to taste

urad dal dahi vada recipe

Additional tips

You can add ginger paste to the dal vada. Some people add cashew nuts & kishmish (dried grapes) to dal paste. In north India people use to have this with red tamarind (imli) chutney & green mint (pudina) chutney too.

So try this dahi vada recipe at home and tell us your experience here.

Dahi vada recipe

Dahi vada
 
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Very popular south Indian food but very popular across India. It is preferred as breakfast item as well as snacks too.
Author: PM (FavCounter)
Recipe type: Breakfast, Snacks
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • Urad dal – 100 gm
  • Dahi / curd – 200 gm
  • Roasted coriander powder – 1.5 tsp
  • Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp
  • Red mirch /chili powder – 1.5 tsp
  • Salt – according to taste
  • Sugar powder – 2 tsp
  • Water – 1 cup
Instructions
  1. Let urad dal soak in water for 2 hours (overnight) and blend in mixer grinder to make paste and add 2 tsp of curd / dahi and leave that paste for over night
  2. Nextday add baking powder and salt in paste
  3. Heat a pan and add sunflower oil
  4. Make a small ball of dal paste and fry in oil
  5. Immerse dal vada in water for 10 minutes & let all dal vada to cool and press them both sides with your hands and make flat shaped vada
  6. Now in a bowl add curd, salt, a few spices (coriander powder, cumin powder & red chili powder) and water (1 tbsp). Now mix those spices with curd
  7. Now take 3-4 vada on a plate and spread curd (with masala) over vada
  8. Now mix all residual spices and spread over that plate according to taste
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tasty dahi vada recipeIf you have liked this recipe then please share your opinion about this food. How many times you have tried this street food on road side stall or restaurant.

Do you like paneer dishes? 

Then you can try some paneer recipes too – paneer masala, shahi paneer, kadai paneer, paneer butter masala, paneer bhurji etc

Filed Under: Breakfast, Snacks & Starters Tagged With: Dahi, Food, Vada

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Comments

  1. saru says

    May 1, 2018 at 12:25 PM

    I love Dahi vada and it is also delcious and yummy.
    this recipe is too easy and nutrient-rich that I must try!!!
    It will become a family favorite! This looks delicious. I am making it for dinner tonight.

    Reply
    • admin says

      May 1, 2018 at 4:01 PM

      Thanks for your comment

      Reply
  2. Farhana says

    December 7, 2022 at 9:24 AM

    how much baking powder should I add to 250gms urad dal ?

    Reply
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