Updated: 15-05-2025
Dahi Vada Recipe – Super Cool Summer Recipe
Dahi Vada is one of the most popular snacks in the North Indian street.
It is a great starter dish and a favourite chaat made during Diwali times.
There will be a slight change in the North Indian dahi vada and South Indian dahi vada.
It is accompanied by a hot cup of tea, tamarind chutney, saunth chutney, or lightly sweetened curd.
It is often experimented with new twists.
Enjoy this healthy dahi vada in summer.
Nutrition Per Serving Dahi Vada Recipe
| Calories | Fat | Vitamins | Calcium | Iron | Sodium | Potassium | Protein | Total Carbohydrates |
| 131 | 0.3g | Vitamin A 2% Vitamin C 4% | 2% | 19% | 82mg | 353mg | 10.8g | 22.1g |
Preparation timings: 20 minutes +king time (time-15 minutes) + soaking time-2 hours)
Serves: Makes 2 servings
Ingredients for Dahi Vada Recipe
For Vada:
- Urad Dal (Split black lentils) ½ cup
- Green chillies tsp (roughly chopped)
- Ginger (Adrak): 2 tsp chopped
- Salt to taste
- Water ¼ cup
For the topping:
- Curd: 1 ½ cups
- Sugar: 1 ½ cups
- Chilli powder, a pinch for sprinkling
- (Khajur Imli Ki chutney) 2 tbsp
- Cumin seeds (jeera), a pinch for sprinkling
- Black salt, a pinch for sprinkling
- Coriander (dhalchinia) 1 tbsp (finely chopped)
Method for Dahi Vada Recipe
For the Vada:
- First, soak the urad dal for two hours.
- Once it is soaked, drain it and keep it aside.
- Now take a bowl and combine urad dal, green chillies, and salt and mix well.
- In a food processor, pour these combined ingredients and grind to a smooth paste using ¼ cup of water.
- Pour the smooth paste into a bowl and divide the batter into six equal portions and keep them aside.
- Take a deep non-stick pan and pour oil, then let it heat on a medium flame
- Now deep-fry three Vadas at a time and let them cook till they turn light golden brown.
- After a few minutes, check if its colour has turned to a light brown from all sides; cook it on a medium flame and don’t let it burn.
- Once cooked, remove it and drain it on tissue paper. Keep it aside.
Procedure for the Dahi
- Take a bowl and whisk the curd well.
- To this, add powdered sugar, and then sprinkle some chilli powder.
- The Daihi mixer is ready.
- Keep this sweetened curd aside.
Procedure for Easy Dahi Vada
- Take enough water in a deep bowl and soak the vada in it for about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Now take out the vada from the water and squeeze out all the excess water from the vada and flatten it lightly between your palms.
- Take a serving plate and place three on it, and top it with the sweetened curd mixture.
- Now sprinkle some chilli powder.
- Then pour 1 tbsp of Imli ki chutney and sprinkle a few cumin seeds and black salt.
- Garnish with finely chopped coriander.
- Repeat this step for 3 to 4 servings.
- Serve immediately.
Note:
Soak urad dal overnight for a better result.
While grinding the dal, use less water or no water.
Whisk the dal till it gets fluffy, or take the dal on a plate and mix it with your hands.
Soak vadas in water with salt and asafetida if you wish to serve them immediately.
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