🇮🇳 Indian Cuisine

Dahi Vada

Lentil Dumplings in Yogurt

Prep Time 45 minutes
Servings 4
Difficulty medium
Calories 200 kcal

Soft urad dal dumplings soaked in creamy whipped yogurt, topped with tangy tamarind chutney, green chutney, and spice powders. A refreshing chaat dish popular across India.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Soak urad dal for 4 hours. Grind into a thick, fluffy batter.
  2. 2 Heat oil and drop spoonfuls of batter to make round vadas. Fry until golden.
  3. 3 Soak fried vadas in warm water for 20 minutes to soften. Squeeze out water gently.
  4. 4 Whisk yogurt with sugar, salt, and cumin powder until smooth and creamy.
  5. 5 Arrange vadas in yogurt, top with tamarind chutney, green chutney, chaat masala, and cumin powder.

Did You Know?

Dahi Vada is known by different names across India: dahi bhalla in Delhi, thayir vadai in Tamil Nadu, and perugu vada in Andhra Pradesh.