Recipe- Vrat Ka Dahi Vada

Dahi vada is a snack which we all love and relish every time. Usually dahivada is made with urad daal, moong daal and some times even with gramflour. During Navratri, Janmashtami , Ekasdashi and on different religious fasting days lentil, rice and grains are not allowed to consume. Only few millets , spices and veggies are allowed during such fasting days.

I usually consume and make different recipe with rajgiri flour, kuttu aata and singhoda flour. Few snacks , rice and khichdi are made with sabudana and samu too. Sabudana khichdi is the most popular fasting recipe and most people just loves it if made perfectly.

Ingredients

1 cup Sama Rice / Barnyard millet
5 medium Potatoes / Aloo boiled
3 Green chilies / Hari Mirch chopped
1.5 inch Ginger / Adrak chopped
3 tbsp Raisins / Kishmish
12 Cashew Nuts / Kaju
1 cup Sweet chutney / mithi chutney
1/2 cup Green chutney / hari chutney
1.5 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
2 cup Yogurt / dahi
2 tsp Roasted cumin powder
1 tsp Pepper Powder / Kali Mirch
4 tbsp Pomegranate pearls /Anar ka dana optional
Enough cooking oil to deep fry / khane wala tel

Method

* Wash samu / varai rice and add in a pressure cooker along with 3 cups of water.

* Pressure cook for 1 whistles on medium heat OR cook in a pan till it become soft

* Spread the cooked rice in a plate and mash with the back of a spoon.

* Now add peeled and grated potatoes, chopped ginger, chilies, cumin seeds, chopped cashews and raisin in the mashed samu rice and mix well.

* Grease your palms and make small round balls from the mixture.

* Heat oil in a deep wide pan and gently slide few balls in hot oil.

* Don't crowd the pan else they may stick together and break while flipping the sides.

* When one side get cooked then only turn the side and let the other side also get nice golden colour.

* Remove from the pan when done from both the sides and let them cool down for 10 minutes.

* In a bowl add some water (at room temperature )add some salt and soak the vada's in it for 10 minutes

* Now gently squeeze the vada's and arrange in a serving dish.

* Whisk the yogurt with 2 tbsp sugar and rock salt to taste.

* Add yogurt over the vada's and then drizzle some date chutney and mint chutney over them.

* Sprinkle some roasted cumin powder and pepper powder.