Dahi wade

''Dahi'' means yogurt in Marathi and ''wade'' means round flat dumplings made from udit dal.Combine it together & u get today's recipe the soothing dahi wade!!

Dahi wade is a very cooling dish and I usually make a lot of dahi wada's during the summer. Most of the times I make medu wade’s/ udit wade’s the previous day & dahi wade’s of the left over batter in the evenings or the next day!!
The usual menu that goes along with dahi wade’s in my kitchen is by teaming it up with something spicy either bhel or ragda puri/sev puri .This time we had medu wade & rassam in the morning & dahi wade’s for dinner a special sunday treat!!

Ingredients for the vadas
2 cups udad dal soaked for about 3-4 hours
salt to taste

Oil for frying

Procedure

1. Grind the udad dal into a fine paste, do not add too much water to it.The batter should be thick.
2. Now add salt to it &Fry the wadas
3. Put the wada’s immediately in a bowl of cold water & leave them in water for 5- 10 minutes then squeeze the water out & put them in the dahi mixture.

For the dahi mixture

Ingredients:

1 can of stirred yogurt

1/2 tsp of cumin powder

1/4tsp black salt

2tsp sugar

Salt to taste

1/2tsp red chili powder for garnishing

1/2tsp cumin powder for garnishing

Chopped coriander for garnishing (optional)

Procedure:

1. Take 2-3 cups of dahi and churn a little till all lumps are broken or best is get 1 can of stirred yogurt.
2. Add cumin powder, sugar salt & black salt to it & mix it well.
3. Now add the squeezed wade’s to this dahi mixture (wada’s should be dipped in the dahi mixture) & let it marinate in the fridge for atleast a minimum of 4 hours!
4. Ideal way to do is do this in the mornings & serve it in the evenings or for dinner during summers!