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Home » CHAAT ITEMS » Dahi vada recipe | Dahi bhalla

Dahi vada recipe | Dahi bhalla

April 16, 2012 by Raks Anand 57 Comments / Jump to Recipe

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Dahi vada or dahi bhalla is one of the famous street foods in North India. Simple when you have sweet chutney and green chutney in your hands. No onion no garlic chaat recipe.

I have tasted South Indian version of this – Thayir vadai. But not this version. Wanted to try Dahi vada for long time, but you know, making both chutneys never coincide and sometimes even curd will be my concern.  But this time everything clicked and I made, had this Dahi vada also known as Dahi Bhalla. Being a chaat lover, sure enjoyed each and every bite. Sure the South Indian version and this one has lot of difference taste wise and look wise… Both are yumm and love both. I never like my curd to be tangy. I love it fresh and good. But many like it tangy. Its your choice of taste, whatever way you like!
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Dahi Vada/ Dahi bhalla recipe

Dahi vada or dahi bhalla is one of the famous street foods in North India. Simple when you have sweet chutney and green chutney in your hands. No onion no garlic chaat recipe.
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Soaking time 2 hours
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4
Cup measurements

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Urad dal whole
  • 1/2 cup Curd
  • 3/4 cup Milk
  • 2 tsp Green chutney
  • 2 tbsp Sweet chutney
  • 1 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped
  • 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp Chaat masala
  • Salt - As needed
  • 1/2 inch Ginger
  • 1 Green chilli
  • Sev for topping

Instructions

  • Soak urad dal for 3 hours, after washing in water.
  • Grind it with ginger, green chilli adding only very little ice cold water at a time. Batter should be fluffy.
  • Mix with salt only at the time you are going to deep fry.
  • Wet your hands and make small lemon sized balls.
  • Deep fry in hot oil in medium flame until golden colour in all sides.
  • Flip in between for even cooking. Drain in paper towels.
  • Heat milk until its hot,no need to boil it, and then take it in a broad bowl, add little bit of salt and fried vadas to the milk and let it get soaked. say 20 minutes or so.
  • Turn over carefully in between.
  • Beat curd until smooth. If you feel milk is more even after soaking the vada, drain it and mix required amount to the curd to make it runny (still thick) consistency and add the curd to the soaked vadas and mix well.
  • Add required salt and let it set for 1/2 hour.

Notes

  • You can just soak for 1 or 2 hours too and grind coarsely if you like textured vada.
  • I use milk because, I love my dahi vada  not to be so sour, if you want you can also do this in water.
  • If using water, squeeze the excess water gently without breaking the vada..
  • In case the vada batter is sticky or watery, add a tbsp of rice flour and try refrigerating the batter for an hour.
  • Always cook vadas in medium flame to ensure cooking in the middle.
  • Add vadas to hot/warm milk or water to get soaked quickly. 
  • If it is too hot, vada might break. Also the vada should be firm enough to hold shape, too soft vada will break in soaked curd.
  • Adding more water while grinding vada batter will make it too soft.
  • Sev garnishing is optional, traditionally boondi is used for garnish. 

Dahi vada method:

  1. Soak urad dal for 3-4 hours,after washing in water. Grind it with ginger,green chilli using only very little water. Grind until smooth and fluffy. Mix with salt only at the time you are going to deep fry. Wet your hands and make small lemon sized balls.1-shape
  2. Deep fry in hot oil in medium flame until golden colour in all sides. Flip in between for even cooking. Drain in paper towels.2-fry
  3. Heat milk until its hot,no need to boil it, and then take it in a broad bowl, add little bit of salt and fried vadas to the milk and let it get soaked. say 20 minutes or so.Turn over carefully in between. Beat curd until smooth.3-soak
  4. If you feel milk is more, drain it and mix required amount to the curd to make it runny(still thick) consistency and add the curd to the soaked vadas and mix well. Add required salt and let it set for 1/2 hour.4-addcurd

At the time of serving, arrange in plate, sprinkle green chutney, red chutney, coriander leaves, red chilli powder, chaat masala and lastly sprinkle some sev or boondi, pomegranates. Enjoy these sinfully delicious dahi bhallas/ vadas! I usually love more of Sweet chutney in this…
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Comments

  1. RENU

    April 16, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    nice clicks looks yummy…rajeshwari

    Reply
  2. Nalini's Kitchen

    April 16, 2012 at 1:49 pm

    One of my favorite chaat,looks so tempting…awesome clicks.

    Reply
  3. Saraswathi Iyer

    April 16, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    My hubby's fav, tempting pics. Beautiful.

    Reply
  4. Premalatha Aravindhan

    April 16, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    Wow very tempting click on dahi vada,Perfectly made…yum:)

    Reply
  5. Tina

    April 16, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    Want one bowl dear..So perfect and yummy.

    Reply
  6. Divya Kudua

    April 16, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    I've always wondered what the difference was between dahi bhalla and dahi vada except for the chutney it is accompanied with.Never mind,love them both:)).Have to try this-looks delicious!

    Reply
  7. Rashida shaikh

    April 16, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    I like your presentation and wish I could grab that bowl. 🙂

    Reply
  8. Hamaree Rasoi

    April 16, 2012 at 2:47 pm

    Just craving for it simply by looking at your post.Simply awesome dahi bhallas.

    Deepa

    Reply
  9. Laavanya

    April 16, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    I love both versions too… Wish I could get a plateful of that right now.

    Reply
  10. Anonymous

    April 16, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    Soaking in milk – that's a new one for me. I prefer the curd less sour too, will use that tip.

    Lovely pictures!

    Reply
  11. Suparna

    April 16, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    hey Raks,
    Yummmmmm…one of my all time fav.chats! beautiful clicks…

    Reply
  12. Vimitha Anand

    April 16, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    Looks so creamy and gorgeous. Lovely clicks… Yummy snack

    Reply
  13. Anu

    April 16, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    WOW!! Mouth watering. Love the creamy yogurt in vada.

    Reply
  14. Sudha Sabarish

    April 16, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    OMG that's awesome,superb,fantastic and wat else to describe about dahi vada.Its just yummy.From the clicks i feel that u've become like an professional photographer.

    Reply
  15. Akila

    April 16, 2012 at 3:22 pm

    Beautiful clicks and yummy recipe…

    Reply
  16. Aarthi

    April 16, 2012 at 4:10 pm

    yummy vadai..i love this

    Reply
  17. ANU

    April 16, 2012 at 4:29 pm

    OMG! you are making my mouth water instantly!…wow awesome pics..just wanna grab a bite!….very nice dear!

    Reply
  18. notyet100

    April 16, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    It's been so long since I had this ,..looks yum,,

    Reply
  19. Shanthi

    April 16, 2012 at 5:03 pm

    Tempting and feel like grabbing it

    Reply
  20. Shama Nagarajan

    April 16, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    tempting pictures dear..yummy

    Reply
  21. Mona

    April 16, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    Super Yummy!

    Reply
  22. Preeti Kashyap

    April 16, 2012 at 7:57 pm

    perfect for summer!!!!

    Reply
  23. San

    April 16, 2012 at 9:36 pm

    Yummylicious dahi vadas raks, the creaminess and the pics are so appealing.

    Reply
  24. R

    April 16, 2012 at 10:20 pm

    they look so tempting, nice click!

    Reply
  25. Jay

    April 17, 2012 at 12:22 am

    wat a gorgeous treat..the flavors are just wonderful
    Tasty Appetite

    Reply
  26. Shabitha Karthikeyan

    April 17, 2012 at 1:43 am

    Very nicely done !! Nice presentation and perfect clicks !!

    Reply
  27. Nagalakshmi V

    April 17, 2012 at 2:09 am

    the pics are very drool-worthy! amrith would gobble up that plate in one second!

    Reply
  28. Hema

    April 17, 2012 at 2:12 am

    Wonderful presentation, same here, even I do not like pulicha thayir..

    Reply
  29. Priti

    April 17, 2012 at 3:04 am

    Love this ….looks so yum

    Reply
  30. jeyashrisuresh

    April 17, 2012 at 4:42 am

    My co sister makes thayir vada in this way.Sounds delicious with mouthwatering chutneys.

    Reply
  31. Prathibha

    April 17, 2012 at 5:37 am

    Dahi bhalla is one of my favorite chaat..just love the taste..looks yumm

    Reply
  32. Aruna Manikandan

    April 17, 2012 at 6:02 am

    wow…..
    looks very tempting raji 🙂
    2nd click looks awesome .

    Reply
  33. Nisha

    April 17, 2012 at 6:02 am

    Soaking in milk is new to me

    Reply
  34. Chandrani

    April 17, 2012 at 7:44 am

    Dahi vada looks so gorgeous and yummy. Perfectly done, Dear.

    Cuisine Delights
    My Monthly Event – Spotlight : "Healthy Breakfast Ideas".

    Reply
  35. faseela

    April 17, 2012 at 9:53 am

    wow….yummy dahi vada….superb

    Reply
  36. Shama Nagarajan

    April 17, 2012 at 11:29 am

    hai dear…you have been tagged here : http://myhandicraftscollection.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/i-am-tagged-by-shobha.html

    Reply
  37. Spice up the Curry

    April 17, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    lovely. this is my fav. you pic make my mouth watering.

    Reply
  38. Priya

    April 17, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    Triple super like, u r killing me with ur clicks Raji.

    Reply
  39. Sharmilee! :)

    April 17, 2012 at 4:41 pm

    I love this anytime..looks so creamy and yummy like the way I want…apdiye pass on the bowl 🙂 Nice pics!!

    Reply
  40. Rathai

    April 17, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    You have one of the best food sites on the Internet, Raks! I haven't tried many North Indian dishes but you make them look so easy to make with your step by step pictures and instructions.

    Reply
  41. Apu

    April 17, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    Yumm!! Love this in the summer heat!!

    Reply
  42. Gayathri NG

    April 18, 2012 at 2:02 am

    Looks colorful n delicious vada, soaking in milk sounds interesting….

    Reply
  43. Manju

    April 18, 2012 at 2:54 am

    Oh my…amazing…this is my all time fav!!! Really gr8 work!

    Reply
  44. Anonymous

    April 18, 2012 at 4:28 am

    Oh God Raks,

    its 11.30 in the night and you are officially killing me with these pics. Lovely clicks and I love the shape of the vadas…so rounded and crispy. I would have definitely eaten a few before putting it in to the dahi! Love Love the sunshine in your kitchen!

    Shobha

    Reply
  45. GEETHA ACHAL

    April 18, 2012 at 5:00 am

    wow…Tempting and colorful clicks…Always my fav…Thanks…

    Reply
  46. Vardhini

    April 18, 2012 at 6:05 am

    They have puffed up beautifully and looks yummy. One of my favorite dishes.

    Vardhini
    CooksJoy

    Reply
  47. Deeps @ Naughty Curry

    April 18, 2012 at 9:04 am

    they look superb, i love dahi wada 🙂

    Reply
  48. Poornima

    April 20, 2012 at 1:52 am

    Stumbled upon your blog. What a wonderful array of dishes. The ones I have tried are perfect so far. Thanks for sharing and I will be visiting frequently.

    Reply
  49. Maayeka

    April 21, 2012 at 4:44 am

    delicious and perfectly shaped dahi vada's ..super tempting clicks..loved it..

    Reply
  50. Nagashree

    April 23, 2012 at 3:26 am

    Favorite at home, I made this just last week, have it in draft. will post it soon. We love the plain version without the chutneys.

    Reply
  51. Anonymous

    April 24, 2012 at 11:12 am

    lovely

    Reply
  52. guru matrix

    August 26, 2013 at 6:47 am

    yummy…:) i love dahi vada…

    Reply
  53. Jitisha

    October 9, 2013 at 11:10 am

    how to make the green chutney?

    Reply
  54. Dalbir Sidhu

    November 3, 2013 at 2:56 am

    Great!! I will try making on diwali!!!

    Reply
  55. Mrs. Daniel

    November 3, 2013 at 12:57 pm

    Please update recipe for KARA VADAI.

    Reply
  56. Ruman M

    January 14, 2014 at 4:46 am

    Perfect !

    Reply
  57. Haripriya Raghupathy

    July 7, 2014 at 8:04 am

    Looks yummy 🙂

    Reply

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