Dahi vada (Steamed vadas)

Ingredients

For steamed vadas:

• Whole urad dal - 1 cup
• Moong dal(Optional) - 2 tblspn
• Salt - to taste
• Eno - 1 tsp
• Crushed cumin and pepper - 1 tsp
• Green chilly - 1 chopped finely
• Ginger (Optional) - 1 tsp , minced

Others:

• Curd - 2 cups
• Grated carrot - 1 tblspn
• Green chillies - 2 , chopped finely
• Red chillies - 2
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Split urad dal - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - 5 leaves
• Salt, to taste
• Sugar - 2 tsp
• Chat green chutney (Optional) - to granish
• Chat sweet chutney (Optional) - to garnish

Method

For steamed vadas:

• Soak urad dal and moong dal seperately in water for 4 hours and grind them in to smooth paste without adding much water.
• The batter should not be too runny. It should be very thick. So, takecare when adding water while grinding.
• To this, add salt, crushed cumin and pepper, green chillies and ginger. Mix well.
• Add eno and give it a good stir You can see the batter is frothy now.
• Immediately grab your greased idly plates and start filling the batter. 
• Steam them in medium flame for about 10 to 15 minutes. Check by inserting the knife in to the vadas, if it comes out clean, your vadas are done. 

How to proceed

• Soak the steamed vadas in warm water for minutes. Meanwhile, prepare the curd mixture. 
• Take curd in a big bowl add some water and beat them really well. Add salt and sugar. Add grated carrot.
• After 5 minutes take out the vadas, squeeze out the excess water gently and add them into the curd immediately. Soak it completely.
• For seasoning, heat some oil in a kadai in medium and crackle mustard seeds. Add urad dal and wait till it starts changing its colour. Add green chillies, red chillies and fry them for few seconds. Add curry leaves and pour this seasoning to the vadas soaked in curd. Mix well gently.
• Serve it garnished with chat green chutney and sweet chutney or just as it is.

Notes

• These vadas will not taste 100% same as normal fried vadas. These are good in terms of health.
• If you do not have eno, here is the substitute. Mix 1 tsp of lime juice and 1 tsp of baking/ cooking soda and add them in to the batter. It will have the same effect.

Please do try this and let me know how it turned out for you.
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Sharanya