Dahi Vada is a yummy, spongy snack made by dunking vada in curd / yogurt and assorted with chutneys, herbs and sev. Dahi Vada is a perfect filling mid meal snack and could be made at home when we make vada for meals. Dahi Vada is explained in this post with step by step pictures. 
Dahi Vada is my fav….Ever since I tasted the chat style dahi vada at Nilgiris I wanted to recreate it at home.I love anything curd based and when it comes to chaats, I cannot resist myself. Dahi puri is my fav and next to it my all time fav is the north indian style dahi vada .Chech south indian style curd vada recipe here.
I had few extra medu vadas the other day and I used them up for this – But if you prefer you can shape them like bondas too…anyway my vadas always look like bondas only.
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Dahi Vada Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 medu vada
- 1/2 cup thick curd chilled
- 1/4 cup milk + 2 tablespoon curd
- 2 teaspoon green chutney
- 2 teaspoon sweet chutney
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon chaat masala powder
- 1 tablespoon coriander leaves finely chopped
- 3 teaspoon sev / boondi for garnish / optional
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Make the vadas as per the instructions given in the urad dal vada link skipping the optional ingredients (jeera, pepper and curry leaves) alone.
- First make the vadas ready. You can either make vada shaped or like bondas.
- Take yogurt and milk in a bowl and whisk it well. Keep the vadas ready.
- Soak it in the milk yogurt mixture for 30mins. Turn over in between.
At the time of serving :
- Transfer the vadas to a serving plate. Then pour the thick yogurt mixed with salt over the vadas. Drizzle red, green chutney, sprinkle chat masala, red chilli powders. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.
- Enjoy your homemade dahi vadas! 🙂
Notes
- Soaking the vadas in milk + curd mixture helps to avoid sourness.
- Adding onions to the vada is purely your choice. You can skip it in the vadas and add raw onions while serving too.
- The amount of green and sweet chutney can be adjusted to our preference. You can make the chaat chutneys ready the previous day and refrigerate to make it handy.
- I used the remaining medu vadas so used it , you can make them as round bonda balls too.
Dahi Vada Recipe Step by Step
1.Make the vadas as per the instructions given in the urad dal vada link skipping the optional ingredients(jeera,pepper and curry leaves) alone.First make the vadas ready. You can either make vada shaped or like bondas as shown below.
3.At the time of serving : Transfer the vadas to a serving plate. Then pour the thick yogurt mixed with salt over the vadas. Drizzle red, green chutney, sprinkle chat masala, red chilli powders. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.
Enjoy your homemade dahi vadas!
Expert Tips
- Soaking the vadas in milk + curd mixture helps to avoid sourness.
- Adding onions to the vada is purely your choice. You can skip it in the vadas and add raw onions while serving too.
- The amount of green and sweet chutney can be adjusted to our preference. You can make the chaat chutneys ready the previous day and refrigerate to make it handy.
- I used the remaining medu vadas so used it , you can make them as round bonda balls too.
APARNARAJESHKUMAR
Sharmi ! its my all time favourite but i like more south indian version than north indian ! your look fabulous !
Divya Kudua
Dahi vada/poori is my favorite chat item.Ok,I love anything curd based:)Looks delicious!
prathibha Garre
One of my fav chaats..looks delicious
Chitra
Looks very nice. i wish to have tat full plate 😉
Vimitha Anand
Love this a lot… Would love to grab that plate.
Priya R
super delicious vadas and always love your clicks Sharmilee 🙂
jeyashrisuresh
Super tempting vadais sharmilee. I always love this
Priya
Who will say no to this droolworthy dahi vadas,yumm.
divya
Wow! Delicious..
Kurryleaves
That looks so tempting….
Suja Manoj
Tempting snack,looks so yum and colorful
Sangeetha
i never miss to taste it at Indian restaurants here, looks very tempting…but i love south Indian Thayir vadai very much 🙂
Subhie Arun
Super yummy n lovely clicks
Vanamala Hebbar
Very nice…
RAKS KITCHEN
Can eat that whole plate, so very tempting
indianspicemagic
My all time favorite…. Love the colours…