Dahi Bhalla – Recipe Of The Week

Ingredients

For Bhallas

  • 1 Cup Urad daal ( washed/without skin)dahi_bhalle
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil to fry

For Dahi

  • 1 kg Dahi (yogurt)
  • 1/2 tsp Ginger, grated
  • Coriander Leaves, finely chopped
  • 1-2 Green Chilies, chopped
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 tsp Cumin (jeera) Powder, roasted
  • Red Chili Powder, to taste
  •  ½ tsp. black salt
  • Sweet Tamarind chutney

How to make Dahi Bhalla

  • Clean, wash and soak the dal overnight.
  • Grind it into smooth paste.
  • Beat the batter very well till light and fluffy. Add the salt  and beat well again. To test whether the batter is ready or not, slowly drop a drop of the batter in a glassful of still water. If the batter floats on the top, it is ready, if not you need to beat it more.
  • Pre-heat oil in a deep frying pan, drop the batter  shape like a big lemon sized ball slowly into the hot oil. Deep fry on medium heat for sometime and then fry on low heat till golden brown.
  • Remove these deep fried bhallas into a bowl of water mix with a tsp of salt  and let them soak for 15-20 minutes.
  • Remove and gently press between your palms so that excess water oozes out. Keep them aside. .

For Dahi

  • Blend the curd (yogurt) and little water until it is smooth. Make sure that there are no lumps.
  • Keep in refrigerator for an hour to get chilled.
  • Add salt, sugar, red chili powder, black salt and dry roasted cumin powder.

For Serving

  • In a deep dish arrange bhallas and pour dahi  evenly over them.
  • Sprinkle  some  bhuna jeera (cumin) powder on the bhallas  and garnish them with finely chopped coriander, grated ginger, green chillies, and tamarind chutney .
  • Serve chilled.

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