Name: Dahi vada recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 20 dahi vadas
Ingredients: ½ cup urad dal (or skinned black gram (whole or split)); ½ inch ginger (or adrak); 1 green chili (or hari mirch); ½ to ¾ tsp cumin (or jeera); Salt as needed; Pinch hing (or asafoetida); 2 to 4 tbsp chilled water ( or as needed (do not use a lot)); 4 to 6 cashews ( chopped); Oil as needed for deep frying; 2 cups curd (or dahi / plain yogurt (thick & fresh, unflavored)); 1 cup coriander leaves (or daniya patta); ¼ cup mint (or pudina); 1 green chili ((use as needed)); ¼ inch ginger (or adrak); 1 clove garlic ((optional)); ½ tsp cumin (or jeera); Lemon juice (or amchur (dry mango powder) as needed); 1 tbsp onions (chopped (skip if making ahead, replace with fried gram/ bhuna chana)); Salt as needed; water very little if needed; ¼ cup tamarind (or imli (seedless)); ½ cup jaggery (or ¼ cup jaggery & ¼ cup dates (seedless) (use as needed)); Water as needed; Salt to taste; ¼ to ½ tsp dry ginger powder (or saunth or sonti powder); ½ tsp roasted cumin powder (or jeera powder); ¼ to ½ tsp red chili powder; ½ tsp coriander powder (or daniya powder or garam masala); ½ to ¾ tsp roasted cumin powder (or jeera powder); ¼ tsp red chili powder