Dahi vada

The mithi chatni I made in the afternoon is going to be put to good use in the evening. I am planning to make dahi vada. I asked dadi dearest for this recipe too. :)

Ingredients
split urad dal
ginger
green chillies
curd/yogurt
salt
oil for frying
For garnish:
mithi chatni
salt
red chilli powder
roasted cumin powder
coriander leaves

Method:

• Soak the split urad dal for atleast 4-6 hours.
• Grind the urad dal into a thick creamy paste. add ginger, salt and green chillies to this mixture. Do not add much water to the mixture while grinding to maintain a thick consistency.
• Heat oil in a vessel and put small portions of the mixture in the oil to fry.
• Take them out as soon as they are a little golden brown and put them in cold water.
• Remove from cold water and press them between the palms of the hands to remove excess water.
• Take yogurt, add a little water and whisk it to make a mixture.
• Let the vadas soak in the yogurt mixture for some time.
• Before serving pour some more yogurt on top, drizzle with the mithi chatni, sprinkle salt, red chilli powder, roasted cumin powder and coriander leaves.

Tip: Grind the urad dal mixture right before frying them, if the mixture is kept for a while before frying the vadas will take more oil.

mithi chatni / imli chatni / khajur chatni

It hasn't been that i have not been cooking for the past several months but life has just been too busy. Busy or not i realized my mistake when I came to my blog to search for a specific marwari dish my husband loves and i could not find it here. I had to go over all the trouble of asking around for the recipe and then googling it to create my own.

Well today is not about that dish, today is for the mithi chatni which is also known as imli chatni or khajur chatni.
This chatni can be used in so many different ways. in bhel , pani puri, kachori, dahiwada.....almost all the chaats.
I have tried making this chatni before but could never make it perfect. Instead of searching all over the web for the perfect recipe i asked my grandmother for it. Getting recipes from grandmother is really a shortcut :) ; Its tried, tested and loved by all.

Ingredients
Imli
khajur(dates) / jaggery ( you can use either of the two)
red chilli powder
dhanajiru
salt

Recipe:
Take equal amouts of imli and khajur and soak them in warm water. you can substitute khajur with jaggery here.
Grind them in the mixer till it becomes a fine paste.
Add salt, red chilli powder and a little dhana jiru as per the taste needed.
Pour the chatni in a pan and heat it for a while.

Voila...the chatni is ready!! Allow it to cool before storing in a glass container.