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Urad dal vada | urad dal dhebra | How to make urad dal vada | Gujarati dhebra

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Soaking time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 25 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 2 servings

Ingredients
 

For urad dal vada

  • 1 cup black urad dal
  • 4-5 spicy green chilli
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 7-8 green garlic cloves
  • ½ cup chopped onion
  • ¼ cup methi leaves
  • ¼ cup coriander leaves
  • Pinch of hing
  • 1 tsp ajwain
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for frying

For coriander-green chilli chutney

  • ½ cup chopped coriander leaves
  • 3 green chilli
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 medium size tomato
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ tsp black salt
  • ½ tsp cumin powder

Instructions

Making urad dal vada

  • soak 1 cup of black urad dal in enough water for 5-6 hours.
  • Then remove soaked dal water with a strainer.
  • Now add dal into a mixer jar and grind into a coarse paste without adding water into the batter. keep it aside.
  • Also in a mixture jar, add green chilli, ginger, and green garlic. Grind it into a paste. Keep it aside.
  • Take out grinded mixer into a bowl and stir continuously in one direction after a few minutes mixer is light and fluffy.
  • Then add chili-garlic-ginger paste, chopped methi leaves, coriander leaves, hing, ajwain, turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, and salt. mix well.
  • Now, grease your palm with oil and make round disc shape vada. You can also make vada on wet cotton cloth.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add vada and deep-fried on medium flame.
  • Take out fried vada on a wire rack or tissue paper and serve with green chutney.

Making Coriander-green chili chutney

  • In the mixture jar, add coriander leaves, green chilli, garlic, and tomatoes.
  • Grind it into a coarse paste.
  • Take out into a bowl, add salt, black salt, and cumin powder in it. mix well.
  • Serve chutney with urad dal vada.

Notes

  • do not add water while grinding dal.
  • grind dal into a coarse mixture; do not grind into a smooth paste.
  • stir dal batter in one direction so air particles incorporate into the batter.
  • use a wet hand while making vada, so the batter quickly drops into the hot oil.
  • fry vada on medium flame.