DAHI BHALLA IN MY STYLE

My mother in law is from Lahore,she always miss the dahi bhalla's of Lahore Ki famous food gali even after the so many years. one day she told me about this, so I thought to give a try .With little effort and experiments I was able to satisfy her and for my surprise once I shifted to U.S. she keeps on saying that now she miss my dhai bhalla.must say it is really a big compliment for me.So i thought to write this recipe for my mother in law.hope you all will also give try to this dish along with her.

INGREDIENTS

FOR BHALLAS

• Mah Ki Dal Dhuli (Split)                                                         4 Cups
• Besan                                                                                         4 Tea spoon
• Ginger Paste                                                                              1 Tea Spoon
• Hing                                                                                           Just a Pinch
• Green Chili                                                                              2 or 3 
• Vegetable Oil                                                                            For Frying
• Salt                                                                                            As per Taste

FOR DAHI

• Dahi                                                                                          4 Cups
• Sugar                                                                                        4  Table Spoon
• Salt                                                                                           As Per Taste
• Hing                                                                                         Just  a Pinch
• ChatMasala                                                                             1TeaSpoon     
• CuminSeedPowder (Roasted)                                                1 Tea Spoon
• FreshMint Paste                                                                    1/2 Tea Spoon
• ChiliPowder                                                                          As Per Taste
• Black Salt                                                                              As Per Taste

PROCEDURE

Soak the Dal over night.so it will absorb water togive better result.

Grind the Dal , ginger paste,hing and green chilli to make a fine paste.

Now keep this aside for a while and prepare the dahi for bhallas.

Whisk the dahi, so there should not be any lumps and add sugar while whisking the dhai.

Now add mint paste,chili powder ,hing,black salt and little water in this dahi

Now add besan and salt in the Dal paste and whisk it in such a way that there shouldn't be any lumps

Heat the oil and with the help of spoon start dipping paste in oil.

After every dip clean the spoon with water,so Dal paste will not stick the spoon and will result in round shape bhallas

Once all bhallas are done soak the bhalla in the water and microwave it for  2 minutes.

This process  will help in making bhallas soft and extra oil will also drain out.

Now drain the extra water just by taking each bhalla in between the palms carefully

Now add these bhallas in prepared  dahi

Add chat masala,fresh cilantro and few mint leaves from above keep it in the refrigerator for half an hour. so it can absorb dahi

Your dahi  bhallas are ready to eat you can add mithi chatni if you want other wise it is not really needed

TIP: You can preserve these bhallas in the freezer and serve them anytime when you have guest suddenly just by heating them in microwave,but for this process all the bhallas should be well dipped in water. rest is the same.