Dahi bade

Summer in marwar is very harsh.It becomes difficult to eat even when you are hungry.all one wants is cold water....But if some one offers a plate of dahi bade with ice cold yogurt and some sweet chatani nobody refuses. Here is the recipe for Dahi bade.

                                       



Ingredients
One cup white urad dal   ( cup with a volume of 250ml)
two table spoon yellow mung dal
750gms fresh yogurt
oil for frying
For garnishing
roasted and powdered cummin seeds
red chilli powder
dried and powdered mint leaves
Ingredients for Sweet chutney
25 gms 
25 gms jaggery grated
salt,red chilli powder  1/2 teaspoon each.
a pinch of garam masala(   optional  if you like it spicey ) and a pinch of ginger 

powder.
two table spoon of raisins and pieces of  dates each.
Making chutney
Soak the tamarind in water for 30 minutes.Then squeeze the pulp .Now in a pan add pulp ,jaggery,and salt and chilli powder.Put it on the stove and stir.After  it starts boiling add raisins and dates switch off the burner after two three minutes.Let it cool.
                               
Making batter and frying vada
Soak the both dal in water for three hours .
Now   drain the excess water.
Grind  it to  make batter taking care that it should not be too fine and too coarse.

                                           
The consistency should be thicker than the pakora paste.Add  1/2 spoon of salt to it and stir it with a ladle swiftly to make the dough fluffy.This will trap air in between the batter which in turn help bada to become soft.
In a pan put oil and start frying vadas .For droping the paste in oil I recommend  use of  a  wet tablespoon .This will prevent the batter to stick on the spoon and will help the batter to slide smmothly in the oil

Keep a bowl of water handy to dip the spoon in water after one or two droppings.This will keep the spoon
clean and will make it easy to drop the paste smoothly in oil.

Fry the vadas till these are golden brown.

                                            fried vada

Now soak these vadas in a bowl of warm water for ten minutes.
In a bowl add one cup of water  and mix with 1/4 cup of yogurt.stirr well.Now take out the soaked vadas out of water and press these gently between your palm and put in the bowl of yogurt water.Let these vadas soak in yogurt water for 30 minutes .  You will see badas have soaked all the water .
Remaining yogurt should be stirred and add three teaspoons of sugar .Beat the yogurt and keep it in fridge.
Serving
In a plate put two badas and add sweet yogurt.Now pour two teaspoon of chutney.Then garnish it with chilli powder and cummin powder and mint powder.
Tips
1.Always use fresh yogurt.
2.Serving of this dish is also  important.The plate should look tempting.So use your art in garnishing the dish with three different color of spices viz Red (chilli powder),Brown(roasted cumin powder),green(dried mint leaves powder).
As summer is approaching enjoy your home made dahi bade.