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    Home » Recipes » Snacks

    Dahi vada recipe | Dahi bhalla

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

    dahi vada
    dahi vada

    I have tasted South Indian version of this – Thayir vadai. But not this version. Wanted to try 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 this, 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 delicious in it's own ways.

    dahi-vada-dahi-bhalla
    dahi vada is also known as dahi bhalla

    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!

    About

    Dahi means plain yogurt. Vada is deep fried lentils batter. Deep fried vadas are soaked in hot water and added to a slightly sweetened yogurt. Top it with green chutney and sweet chutney. Refer ingredients for the recipes.

    Why I soak in milk not in water?

    It makes dahi vada more tasty and balanced. If the curd it too sour, it is not balanced. So instead of soaking in hot water, I soak in hot milk and avoid sweetening the curd as they usually do.

    It works for me very well and quite happy with the results.

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    Dahi Vada 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

    • ½ cup Urad dal whole
    • ½ cup Curd
    • ¾ cup Milk
    • 2 teaspoon Green chutney
    • 2 tablespoon Sweet chutney
    • 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves chopped
    • ½ teaspoon Red chilli powder
    • ½ teaspoon Chaat masala
    • Salt
    • ½ inch Ginger
    • 1 Green chilli
    • Sev for topping
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    Instructions

    • Wash & soak urad dal firstly for 3 hours. Grind it with ginger, green chilli using only very little water. Use Ice cold water for best results.
    • 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.
    • 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 dunk in fried vadas.
    • Let it get soaked. say 20 minutes or so. Turn over carefully in between.
    • Beat curd until smooth.
    • soak vada in milk for a balanced taste
    • If you feel milk is more, drain it and mix required amount to the curd to make it runny(still thick) consistency.
    • Add the curd to the soaked vadas and mix well. Mix required salt and let it set for ½ hour in fridge.
    • top with whisked plain yogurt
    • 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.

    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 tablespoon 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. 
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    Stepwise photos

    1. Wash & soak urad dal firstly for 3 hours. Grind it with ginger, green chilli using only very little water. Use Ice cold water for best results.

    2. Grind until smooth and fluffy. Mix with salt only at the time you are going to deep fry.

    3. Wet your hands and make small lemon sized balls.

    vada

    4. Deep fry in hot oil in medium flame until golden colour in all sides.

    deep fry vada

    5. Flip in between for even cooking. Drain in paper towels.

    6. Heat milk until its hot, no need to boil it and then take it in a broad bowl.

    7. Add little bit of salt and dunk in fried vadas.

    8. Let it get soaked. say 20 minutes or so. Turn over carefully in between.

    9. Beat curd until smooth.

    soak, beat curd
    soak vada in milk for a balanced taste

    10. If you feel milk is more, drain it and mix required amount to the curd to make it runny(still thick) consistency.

    11. Add the curd to the soaked vadas and mix well. Mix required salt and let it set for ½ hour in fridge.

    add beaten curd
    top with whisked plain yogurt

    12. 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…

    dahi vada
    dahi bhalla - chaat

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    Reader Interactions

    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
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      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 09, 2013 at 11:10 am

      how to make the green chutney?

      Reply
    54. Dalbir Sidhu

      November 03, 2013 at 2:56 am

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

      Reply
    55. Mrs. Daniel

      November 03, 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 07, 2014 at 8:04 am

      Looks yummy 🙂

      Reply

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