Family recipeVegetarianSnackNorth Indian
Dahi Vada
Amma's notebook · Breakfast, snacks & starters, page 2
Fried vadas soaked soft, then smothered in spiced, lightly sweet curd with tamarind and green chutneys.
Method
Soften the vadas
- Make vadas as in Vada. When fried, put them in water for 15 minutes until they leave the oil.
- Soak in another bowl until soft, then squeeze and keep aside.
Assemble
- Beat the curds smooth. Add zeera pd, salt, a little sugar and the adarak-hari mirchi paste and mix.
- Put the vadas in a bowl and cover with the curds.
- Sprinkle red mirchi pd, salt, zeera pd, imli chutney and green chutney.
Amma's notes
- A second version is in the notebook: Dahi Vada (Extra Fluffy).
Typed up from Amma's handwritten notebook. Her Hindi and Urdu words are kept as she wrote them.
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