As Holi is here and so is the cheat day near but what else can be better than a Chaat to make your cheat day a perfect day. Go, avoid your diet for this festival of colours and go try these amazing delicacies that you’ve been wanting to eat for so long.
Holi calls for everything chatpata! Like how the madness of colour splashing happens on the streets, it is also the street food, fondly called chaats that people crave for in the festival of Holi. From aloo tikka and Dahi Bhalla to chaat papdi and dahi puri, the grease quotient of Holi is incomplete with these delicious chaat items.
And yes, talking about all the spicy food, here comes the highlight of the day Dahi Vada and here are some simple steps to follow to make such amazing chatpata food at home:
Dahi Vada is a dish which is filled with yoghurt and all kind of chutneys in it and what makes this dish special is the sour and spicy flavour in it.
Here are some simple steps:
1. Soak the urad dal overnight or for at least 4-5 hours. Drain them.
2. Grind the urad dal, green chillies, ginger, cumin and asafoetida with little water to a smooth fluffy batter.
3. Take the ground batter in a bowl. Stir in chopped raisins & cashews. Optional ingredients and you can just skip them if you want.
4. Briskly & vigorously stir the batter for a minute or two with a spoon or spatula. This makes the batter more fluffy and light. As a result, you get softer and porous vada. A pic showing the consistency of the batter. Add salt also.
5. Heat oil for deep frying. Either drop the batter with your hands or with a spoon in medium hot oil. Fry the vada in batches till crisp and golden.
6. Drain the vada on paper towels.
7. When they are still warm, add the vada in water (at room temperature) and let them soak for 18-20 minutes.
8. You can see from the pic, that the vada has increased a bit in size as well as their colour has changed.
9. Press each soaked vada between your palms to remove water. Gently press or else you might end up breaking them.
10. Press all the soaked vada this way and keep them aside in a plate.
11. Beat the chilled curd/yoghurt till smooth.
12. In a large serving bowl, arrange the vada.
13. Pour the beaten curd.
14. Pour the green chutney and sweet tamarind chutney.
15. Sprinkle with red chilli powder, roasted cumin powder, chaat masala and black salt.
16. Garnish dahi vada with coriander leaves & then serve Dahi Vada or you can refrigerate and then serve them.
