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Dahi Bhalle


 Ingredients:


1 cup split skinless black gram (dhuli urad dal), soaked

Overnight and drained

500 gram yogurt

Oil to deep fry

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp Cumin seeds

1 tbsp raisins

1 tbsp gram flour (besan)

1/4 tsp asafoetida (hing)

2 tsps sugar

Black salt as required

Roasted Cumin Powder, as required

Red chili powder, as required

Green chutney, as required

Sweet tamarind chutney, as required


Method:


Heat sufficient oil in a kadai.

Put the grams in a large mixer jar and grind with a little water till smooth. Transfer the batter into a bowl, add salt and whisk well so as to incorporate air into the batter.

Add cumin seeds and raisins and mix well. Add gram flour and mix well.

Dampen your fingers and drop small amounts into the hot oil and deep fry till golden.

Put water at room temperature in a large bowl. Drain the fried bhalle and drop into this water. Add a little asafoetida to the water and let the bhalle soak for a while.

Put the yogurt in a muslin cloth, gather the edges together and squeeze out yogurt itnto another big bowl.

This way it will be absolutely smooth.

Add sugar and salt to the yogurt and mix well.

Squeeze out excess water from the bhalle and put into the yogurt mixture and let them soak for a while.

While serving break the bhalle slightly and put equally into 4 serving bowls. Sprinkle a little black salt, little roasred cumin powder and little red chilli powder. Drizzle green chutney and sweet tamarind chutney and some of the yogurt remaining in the big bowl. Sprinkle some more red chilli powder and serve immediately.


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