Lentil Fritters with Raisins in a Yogurt Sauce

Name: Lentil Fritters with Raisins in a Yogurt Sauce (Dahi Vada)
Yield: Makes 30 Fritters
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems for garnishing; Canola oil for deep-frying; ½ teaspoon ground asafetida; 1 cup Yogurt Sauce with Black Salt; 10 to 12 fresh green Thai, cayenne, or serrano chiles, to taste, stems removed; 1½ teaspoons coarse kosher or sea salt; cayenne (ground red pepper) for sprinkling; Chaat masala for sprinkling (optional); 1 cup skinned split black lentils (cream-colored in this form, urad dal), picked over for stones; ½ cup raw cashew nuts; ½ cup golden raisins

Dahi Vada

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Preparation info

Makes
30
Fritters

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

660 Curries

By Raghavan Iyer

Published 2008

About

These creamy, sweet, hot, fluffy lentil fritters will have your guests speculating about the ingredients. I can safely bet that raisins and cashews will never appear on their radar screen! The only slightly time-consuming task in this recipe is frying the vadas. The sauce takes all of thirty seconds to put together. What is also great about these fritters is that you can make them up to two days ahead.