Dahi Vada - Cuisine India

Ingredients

• 1 cup heaped urad dal (200 grams husked and split black lentils)
• ½ teaspoon chopped green chilies or serrano/thai chillies
• 1 teaspoon chopped ginger
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 pinch of asafoetida (hing)
• salt as needed
• ¼ cup to ½ cup water
• 1 tablespoon raisins (chopped)
• 12 to 15 cashews (chopped roughly)
• 2.5 cups chilled curd (yogurt)
• 2 cups coriander leaves (cilantro)
• ½ to 1 teaspoon dry mango powder (amchur powder)
• ½ teaspoon chopped garlic
• 1 teaspoon chopped green chillies
• ½ teaspoon cumin seeds or cumin powder
• salt as required
• 2 to 3 tablespoons of water or as needed
• a few pinches of red chili powder or cayenne
• roasted cumin powder
• ¼ cup pomegranate arils (optional)
• chaat masala and/or black salt