PART TWO , RECIPES FROM MY COLLECTION ..

VARIOUS USES OF DAHI ....

MAKE TASTY DAHI VADAS
Make 4 Vadas as per recipe and
soak in water for few hours.
To make Dahi Vadas need :
3 Cups of Curd, Salt, Red Chilly Pd,
Cumin Pd, Pepper pd and sugar to taste.
METHOD :
Squeeze out the water from the soaked
vadas.
Churn the curd well and mix all masalas

as per taste.
Put the vadas into curd and put in fridge to chill.
Serve topped with green chutney and sweet chutney.
Sprinkle some red chilly pd and cumin pd.

RAITA FEAST
CURD\ YOUGURT BASE
( Top left is cucumber, top right
is mint raita, centre left is onion,
centre right is boondi raita and
bottom one is palak raita).

Method for Cucumber Raita is:
1 grated cucumber , also need 1 cup thick beaten curd, in that add the cucumber from which juice squeezed out.
Also add little sugar(1tsp), pepper pd, salt, cumin pd (1\2tsp).
Mix well, now make a tempering or a tadka 

of oil, mustard seeds and curry leaves.

Mint |Pudina Raita
Need 1 cup thick beaten curd, mint chutney| paste, 7-8 tbsps , Made from, mint leaves.
Mix well, add salt, pepper pd, Cumin pd and sugar to taste.
Onion Achari Raita, also take 1 cup thick,

beaten curd and one sliced onion. Mix both and add 1\4 tsp red chilly pd, cumin pd, salt to taste. But the most important is mango pickle’s masala
and some oil. (one teaspoon of each).

Boondi Raita : Need 1 cup thick, beaten curd

add 1\4 cup boondi to it. Also add 1\4 tsp red chilly pd, cumin pd and sugar, salt to taste.

Palak Raita : 1 cup thick & beaten curd. Wash & cut palak leaves finely cut, spread on a kitchen cloth. Sprinkle some corn flour on the cut palak leaves. Put oil to heat and fry the palak leaves then spread on a paper napkin.
Mix curd , palak leaves , pepper pd , sugar & salt.