Refreshing taste and flavored Dahi Vada recipe. Soft and juicy Vada’s dipped in creamy yogurt and tamarind sauce.

Refreshing taste and flavored Dahi Vada recipe. Soft Juicy and loaded with fresh herbs 🌿 and spices. Smells fresh and aromatic. Soft Vadas dipped in creamy yogurt and tasty tamarind sauce. Garnished and served with coriander chutney, along with creamy yogurt and tamarind chutney/sauce on the top. It is simply delicious. Mouth melting soft Vadas are perfect for any time or as an after-meal dish or could be enjoyed as a starter recipe. This recipe is often prepared during festivals and special occasions in India and other parts of the country. Rich creamy and a healthy platter I must say. Kids love these as well. Fulfilling and easy to prepare. Enjoyed during parties 🎈 and other festivals. Could be prepared easily at home. Homestyle perfect cooking. Tastes better than restaurants.

Ingredients required to prepare Refreshing taste and flavored Dahi Vada.

For the Vada’s

• Moong Dhal/Yellow Lentil soaked 2 cups
• Yogurt 2 cups
• Salt as required
• 2 tablespoons of cashews
• 2 tablespoons of raisins
• Oil for deep frying

For soaking the Vada’s

• Water for soaking the vada’s as required
• Some salt
• Some sugar and hing (Asafoedita)

For creamy yogurt mix

• Dry roasted cumin seeds 1 tsp
• Red chili powder 1 tsp
• Corriander leaves 2 tablespoons finely chopped
• Mint leaves 2 tablespoons finely chopped
• Add the soaked dry nuts into the creamy yogurt mixture

For Garnishing on the top we need

• Coriander chutney to drizzle some on the top
• Tamarind Chutney to drizzle some on the top
• Some extra Coriander and Mint leaves to sprinkle on the top
• Tutti-Frutti to add some color and sweetness
• Dry-Roasted ground cumin seeds to sprinkle
• Red chili powder to sprinkle
• Chaat masala to sprinkle some

Directions to prepare Refreshing taste and flavored Dahi Vada’s. Soft Vada dipped in creamy yogurt and tamarind sauce.

Preparing the Vada’s

Soak Moong Dhal (Yellow Lentils) overnight. Strain out all the water from dhal and grind to form a smooth and soft paste out of it. While you grind these add little water to help it with grinding these.

Transfer the batter into a large container and sprinkle a little bit of salt. Beat the batter using your hands for 3 to 4 minutes or until you feel it’s light and fluffy. This we do to build air into the batter which results in light and fluffy fried Vadas or say lentil fritters. Once turns light and fluffy batter heat oil into a wok or an Indian karahi and drop small portions of it into the hot oil slowly one by one. Stir and fry these until turn slightly golden brown in color. Take these out and drop them into a water mixture mixed with a little bit of salt, sugar for sweetness, and asafoetida (hing) into it.

Let these Vadas keep soaked in the water mixture for about 15 minutes. Then take them out squeeze a little bit and put these on a serving plate or a bowl.

Preparing the creamy Yogurt mix

To prepare the creamy yogurt mix we need 2 cups of yogurt. The yogurt has to be whipped for about a minute to make it smooth and creamy. Then we need to add the soaked cashews, almonds, and raisins into it. Add some chopped coriander leaves 🍃, mint leaves, some dry roasted ground cumin seeds, sprinkle some salt, red chili powder, and some amount of sugar to make it sweet as per your taste into it and then mix. The taste and flavor of this yogurt mixture are super refreshing and delicious.

Preparing Dahi Vada Platter.

Once the Vadas have been soaked for 15 minutes. Take them out and squeeze lightly one by one and transfer into a serving bowl. Make a cut in the center of each Vadas if you want. Then Pour the prepared yogurt mixture on top of each Vadas followed by Tamarind sauce and coriander and mint chutney on the top. Sprinkle some Chaat masala, red chill powder, dry roasted ground cumin seeds, some chopped coriander leaves, chopped mint leaves, some soaked dry nuts, and some tutti-frutti on the top. This would give you refreshing Dahi-Chaat flavored fun 🤩 with some amazingly soft and perfect moong dhal Vada bites. And it’s simply worth trying I must say.

Total Cook Time

Step by Step Directions to Prepare Dahi Vada’s along with the images shown below

Soak 2 tablespoons of Cashews, 2 tablespoons of raisins in water for 40 minutes. These gets slightly softer.

Preparing the Vada’s

Use overnight soaked 2 cups of soaked Moong Dhal (yellow lentil) for preparing Vadas. strain and discard water from dhal. Wash and rinse dhal before use.

Transfer these into a grinder jar and by adding little amount of water make a paste out of it.

The consistency is thick. The texture is smooth and soft to touch.

Paste form

Transfer into a large bowl

Sprinkle some salt and beat the batter preferably using hands.

Beat in one direction to create air into the mixture so that they becomes light and fluffy after few minutes.

The mixture has been beaten 3 to 4 minutes by hands and then a hand beater and It turned light and fluffy.

As you can see in the images below that while turning the spoon 🥄 down the batter doesn’t fall. The mixture is ready.

Wet your finger tips slightly in some cold water to avoid sticking

Take small portions and drop into a heated oil.

Slowly drop one by one and fry into 2 to 3 batches.

Take them out as soon as these turns golden brown in color.

Transfer these into a bowl on top of a kitchen towel to soak the extra oil from the Vadas.

Let’s check these inside. These are perfect 🤩. Soft and so fluffy inside.

Preparing the water for dipping the Vada’s.

Take sufficient lukewarm water for dipping all the Vadas together. Use some salt, sugar, and a pinch of hing (asafoetida) into it and mix. Drop hot or warm Vadas into the water mixture.

Let these Vadas soak in water 15 minutes before use.

Preparing creamy yogurt mixture for Dahi Vada’s.

Use 2 cups of thick yogurt

Add sugar 1/3 cup

1/4 teaspoon of salt

Dry roasted cumin seeds 1 teaspoon

Red chili powder 1/2 teaspoon

Whisk it nicely

Turns creamy

Add soaked cashews and raisins and give it a mix.

Preparing dahi Vada platter

Take out the Vadas one by one from water and squeeze them with light hands carefully.

Transfer into a serving bowl and make a cut in the center of each Vadas if you want so that the chutney and the creamy yogurt soak well deep inside the Vadas thus making them extra softer and juicy inside.

Simply pour the yogurt mix on top of the Vadas.

Drizzle some tamarind chutney on top of these.

Coriander and chutney. Find Coriander chutney recipe in this blog and is perfect for vadas.

Sprinkle some dry roasted cumin seeds, red chili powder, Chaat masala, and some tutti-frutti for adding up some extra crunch of sweet bites and to add a beautiful color on top.

Enjoy 🙂