Dahi Vada

Ingredients:

• Urad dhal washed and soaked for 2 hours - 2 cups
• Green chillies - 3 nos
• Ginger - 1/2 "bit
• Asafoetida - 1/2 teaspoon
• Coconut Scrapings - 1 tablespoon
• Curryleaves-10 nos
• Mustard-1/2 teaspoon
• Yogurt(curd)-4 cups
• Sugar-1pinch
• Cumin seeds-1 teaspoon
• Broken pepper-1/2 teaspoon
• coriander leaves-for garnishing
• Oil-2 cups

Procedure:

1.  Grind the given dhall to a puffy mass in the grinder by adding water in small quantity with 5 minutes interval.
2. Grind urad dhall for 25 minutes.
3. Add salt,broken pepperand cumin seed and mix well.
4. Heat oil in a pan.
5. Take Dhal mass of big lime size and press it on a greased plastic sheet or Bananaleaf to 1/2 " thick pieces.
6. Slowly drop one by one and allow it to fry for one minute.
7. When the vada becomes golden brown turn to the next side till it becomes golden color. 
8. Now remove from the fire and place it on a tissue paper on a plate to remove excess oil.
9. Now grind ginger, chilli, sugar, coconut and salt to taste coarsely.
10. Beat the curd and add the ground mixture and mix well.
11. Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a pan and season with mustard, curry leaves, asafoetida and transfer it into the curd mixture.
12. Now boil 3 cups of water in a vessel and drop all the vadas in the water. Switch off the stove.
13. After one minute remove the vadas and slowly drop in the curd mixture and keep them in the bowl.
14. Pour the rest of the mixture over the vadas. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.