DAHI WADA/BHALLE- FRIED LENTIL DUMPLING IN YOGURT!!!

Dahi wada is a cold appetizer popular in North India..There are two versions of it one the sweeter one and the another spicy one.The sweet Dahi wadas are popular in the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat where as the spicy dahi wadas are prepared in South India.

Dahi wadas are prepared of  fried black gram  dumpling and then soaked in curd.Simple and exotic.

Heres the recipe to make the Basic wada:

Cooking time:20mins

Preparation time:15mins.

Serves:6 persons

Ingredients:

• Split Black gram/urad dal-1 cup
• Ginger and garlic paste-1/2tsp
• Salt-1/2tsp. 
• Baking soda- a pinch
• Oil for frying.

Cooking method:

• Wash and soak the dal for atleast 2-3hrs in water.
• Drain all the water from the dal and grind it to a  paste adding  little water.The paste should not be watery,it should be a thick paste.
• Add salt, ginger and garlic paste,baking soda mix well,beat the batter for 2-3 minutes and keep aside.
• Heat oil for frying.
• When the oil is hot put small dumplings of the battter and fry till golden brown.remove and keep aside.
• Take a bowl add luke warm water and put the fried dumplings and soak them for 5-6minutes.
• Lightly press each ball to take out all excess water.The wadas are now ready.You can make sweeter ones or the spicy ones with it.Heres how:

For the Sweet dahi wadas:

Ingredients:

• Curd-3cups(not sour)
• Sugar-5 tsps
• Salt- 2pinches.
• Red chilly powder/lal mirch-1/2tsp
• Cumin powder/Zeera powder-1/2tsp
• Wadas as prepared above

Method:

• Beat the curd with the sugar,1/2cup of water and salt till smooth.
• Now for serving put the wadas in the serving dish pour the beaten curd over them and sprinkle red chilly powder and cumin powder.
• Serve it with Tamarind dip/chutney.

For The Spicy Dahi wadas:

Ingredients:

• Curd-3cups.
• Green chilly-2no
• Ginger and garlic paste-1tsp
• Salt-1tsp or more according to taste.
• Corriander leaves/dhanya/kotmir-2tbsp.
• Cumin seeds/Zeera-1/2 tsp
• Mustard seeds/Rai-1/2tsp
• Whole red chilly-2no
• Oil-2tsps.
• Wadas as prepared above.

Cooking method:

• Grind the green chilly with 1/2 cup of curd,1tbsp corriander leaves and salt to a fine paste.Mix this in rest of the curd add ginger and garlic paste and  beat the curd to a smooth paste.
• In a serving dish put the wadas and pour this curd mixture over them.keep aside
• In a small pan  heat oil add cumin seeds,mustard seeds and red chilly and let them splutter add this on the wada and curd mixture.
• Ready to serve.