Indian Kitchen Food: Dahi bade with Tamarind Chutney

Ingredients:

Method:

First of all wash the dal thoroughly and soak it in cold water overnight.
Grind the soaked dal to a smooth paste the next day, adding very little amount of water if necessary.
Now mix 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds into the batter.
Now take a muslin cloth and cover a small round utensil with the cloth and hold it tightly from underneath so that the top side of the
utensil is tightly covered with the cloth giving a flat and firm platform for making bade.
Now heat oil in a frying pan. Take 1 tablespoon of the batter and make a round dumpling on top of this covered utensil with one hand
and hold the cloth from below tightly with the other.
Drop round dumplings in the oil and fry until light golden brown.
Now remove it and drain it on absorbent paper.
Soak bade in salty water for 5 minutes, drain and squeeze out the water between the palms of your hand.
Whisk the yogurt well with rock salt, sugar and salt.
To serve, place the bade on a plate and cover it with yogurt.
Add tamarind chutney over it.
Sprinkle red chilli powder, cumin powder.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it chilled.

Extra:

Tamarind Chutney

Ingredients:

Method:

First add 5 cups of water to tamarind and bring it to the flame and cook for 10 minutes.
Strain it and add jaggery, chilli powder, cumin powder, salt, garam masala to it and mix it well.
Now cook it again on medium flame till jaggery dissolves completely and the chutney gets semi thick.
Take out the pulp from the tamarind mixture.
This Chutney thickens more on cooling so check for consistency when using.
Now you can also store it and can also use it for different purposes.

Indian Kitchen Food