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The starting time of the parade is actually determined by the
length of time of the traditional brunch
-Charlie Brotman
Sundays are meant to be fun days. Since, childhood Sundays were the day to visit my grandpa and of course no-study-day. That made the day more special. On Sunday mornings there was an array of cartoons telecasted on TV those days. Alice in Wonderland, Jungle Book was my favorites. Ma used to serve a heavy breakfast on Sundays and that mostly included luchi, tarakari (Bengali for vegetable curry) and sweets.
Visiting grandpa has long stopped, grandpa passed years before. Nobody watches DD National these days, and I presume they don’t telecast cartoons any more these days. But, having a heavy breakfast that can almost be called a brunch is still a custom at home. Today I thought of having a little different from the usual Sunday brunches and so Dahi vada was in the menu today.
Makes 10 medium sized vadas
Preparation time: 15min
Cooking time: 15min
Ingredients:
Dahi Vada mix (I used the Gits Dahi Vada mix): 1 packet
Plain yogurt (Tauk doi): 200gms
Ginger paste (Ada bata): 1 teaspoon
Raisins (Kismis): 10-12
Water (Jal): 2 cups
Cumin seeds (Jeera): 1 tablespoon
Tamarind chutney (Tetuler chutney): ½ cup
Coriander leaves chopped (Dhane pata): 2 tablespoon
Bhujiya: 1 small packet
Sunflower/vegetable oil (Sada tel): For frying
Preparation:
- Roast the cumin seeds and grind into powder, keep aside
- Empty the dahi vada mix in a large bowl and put in the ginger paste, mix well
- Add the raisins and water to prepare a not-very-runny mixture
- Keep the batter aside for 10-15 mins
- Heat oil in a frying pan, and take one lathe of the batter and gently pour it over the oil, fry both sides of the vada till they turn light brown
- Keep a deep bowl filled with water beside the gas oven, drop the fried vadas into this water and take out after a minute
- Squeeze the excess water by pressing those with both your palms, and keep aside
- Place the vada in a plate
- Stir the yogurt with half-a-cup of water, add a pinch of salt and pour the yogurt over the vada
- Garnish with cumin powder, chopped coriander leaves, tamarind chutney, and bhujiya .
Hot Tips – I have used a ready mix for making the vadas, but you can also prepare it at home. Soak urad dal overnight, and then grind to a fine paste. The other preparation remains the same.
Further Links – Dahi Vada by Sunananda
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I am sending the Dahi Vada recipe to Monthly Mingle: Brunch hosted by MeetaK of What’s For Lunch Honey.
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Looks yummy, gotta prepare this sometime and see how it tastes. Thanks for posting.
Your post made me nostalgic. i remeber watching all those cartoons on Sundays!! Dahi vada looks creamy and delcious.
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It is ages since i had this, i love them but hubb and daughter don’t like, they like the normal vada, next time when i am in a indian store i am gonna look out for gits packets to make them.
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HC,
I think you can order the Gits one online, because I came across one link selling the Gits Dahi Vada mix and the prices were in dollars, so I think you have some luck even if you don’t find it at the Indian store.
I remember Sundays when i used to saty at my grandparent’s place. We used to watch Cosmos, Sherlock Holmes etc and have chicken curry with rice.
I often have dahi vadas as desserts in buffets in Mumbai
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KalyanK,
I don’t know why this has become a new style of serving desserts at buffets. I never could take dahi vada as a dessert even though its one of my most favorite food. Even here in Kolkata the weddings I have attended they had a stall serving dahi vadas.
I don’t think they intend it to be a dessert. but they make it quite sweet and I often prefer them to a doodhi halwah…feel more self reighteous too
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Yeah, that’s the worst part of it, having a sweet dahi vada. What is this doodhi halwa?
a very sweet sugar syrup based dish made with lau
o my god lau diye sweet dish? Ami morobba jani, kintu seta to chal kumro diye tairi kore
love love this. always have. perfect for the mingle and glad you are joining us!
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Meeta,
Its an honour to have you visit out blog. Thank you so much for your comment, and thanks a lot for accepting the recipe.
hi sudeshna,
This chat ranks the top of the chart in my fav. food list 🙂 Ur preparation looks very tempting. Adding raisins to the batter is new to me, thanks for the tasty tip.
TC
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Suparna,
Thanks for dropping by and for your comment here.Do try putting some raisins the next time you make dahi vada .
this sounds great! never tried making them before. A friend just brought me a turmeric grinder from kerala..have you ever ground fresh turmeric?
Yes I have grounded fresh turmeric before in the grinder. The oriental one is a stone slab and a stone rolling pin, freshly ground turmeric is used in our marriages to smear the bridegroom and the bride on the day of the wedding just before they bathe.
Dear Sudeshna
Dahi Badas are my all time favorite, and this is a great one!
Ushnish,
Thanks a lot 🙂
Dahi Vada looks excellent. Mouth-watering.
Thanks Lakshmi. I’m a big fan of dahi vadas.