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Dahi Baray Recipe (Pakistani)

Fluffy and soft Dahi Baray or Dahi bara chaat will surely melt in your mouth with the delectable flavor of creamy yogurt spiced with green and tamarind chutney. It’s a popular Pakistani and North Indian street food chaat recipe prepared with golden fried lentil fritters. Simple, authentic and easy going dahi bade that you would love to make.
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Course: Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: Indian, Pakistani
Keyword: dahi baray, dahi bhalla
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
5 hours
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 3 Persons
Calories: 65kcal
Author: Hinz
Cost: $1

Equipment

  • Blender
  • Frying Pan

Ingredients

Baray Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup Moong Dal
  • ½ cup Mash Dal
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • ⅓ teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ½ teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
  • ½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • ½ teaspoon Coriander Seeds
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 2 Green Chilies
  • 100 ml Water – 100 ml
  • Oil – For Frying

Dahi (Yogurt) Ingredients

  • 1 cup Yogurt
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 100 ml Milk
  • ⅓ teaspoon Red Chili Powder
  • ½ teaspoon Chaat Masala
  • 150 ml Water

Topping

  • 2 teaspoon Imli Ki Chutney
  • 2 teaspoon Green Chutney

Instructions

Preparation of Baray Mixture

  • In a bowl, add moong and mash daal.
  • Wash and fill with water.
  • Soak the daal for 5 hours.
  • Now drain water and add soaked daal in the blender.
  • Also season with salt, red chili powder, baking soda, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, garlic cloves, and green chilies.
  • Add 100 ml of water. Blend and make a thick paste.
  • Now take a small portion of paste and deep fry as showing in the video.
  • Fry the baray / bhallas until get golden brown color.
  • Take it out and immediately add in lukewarm water for 15 minutes to get soft.

Preparation of Yogurt/Dahi

  • In the meanwhile, prepare yogurt (Dahi).
  • In a bowl, add yogurt, salt, red chili powder, chaat masala.
  • Whisk well to make a thick paste.
  • Add milk and water to manage yogurt consistency.
  • Note the yogurt consistency at 03:11 (Video).

Assembling

  • Now squeeze water from baray.
  • Set all the bara's on platter.
  • Sprinkle chaat masala at the top layer bhallas/baras.
  • Pour the yogurt.
  • Also pour imli ki chutney and green chutney to make it more delicious.

Video

Notes

  1. Mash and moong dal used to prepare dahi baray. Make sure to use the right ratio as it will help to make the soft bada.
  2. Daal needs to be properly soaked before 8 hours. Overnight is best!
  3. Don't avoid moong daal, it will help to make the soft bada also will not be heavy for the stomach in eating.
  4. If you want extremely soft dahi bade then use a pinch of baking soda (soda bicarbonate in bada/bara mix.
  5. Initially fry bada on high heat as it starts to change color then turn the heat to medium. 
  6. Soak baray in lukewarm water to make it soft and juicy.

Nutrition

Serving: 10Baray/bhallay | Calories: 65kcal