Dahi Vada

Ingredients :

Urad dal - 1 Cup
Green chillies - 3
Onion - 1 medium(finely chopped)
Ginger - 1 small piece
Salt - According to taste
Jeera - 1/2 Tbsp
Vegetable oil
Buttermilk - 5 cups

Procedure:

1. Soak the urad dal for for overnight.
2. Drain all the water and grind urad dal along with green chillies, ginger, salt. Do not add anymore water to this mixture becoz we have soaked urad dal for overnight and also if more water is added the vada's will absorb more oil.
3. Add finely chopped onions, jeera to the batter.
4. Take a small amount of the dough and place it on plastic sheet & make a shape of vada and fry them in oil.
5. Take a bowl with warm water. Drop in all the fried vada's and leave them for 3 to 4 mins.
6. Transfer the soaked vada's to the buttermilk. Let them soak for 4 to 5 hrs.
7. Sprinkle some chili powder, salt, cumin powder and garnish with boondi and fresh coriander before serving.