Rinse whole urad dal well. Soak urad dal for 3-4 hours.
Drain water and keep aside (I usually drain the water completely and then sprinkle little by little while grinding, doing so you can be sure of the quantity of water).
Now grind it to a fluffy texture along with ginger and green chillies in a grinder sprinkling water now and then. Dont add much water as the batter will become runny. The batter should be thick and fluffy, add required salt and mix well.
Now add raisins and chopped cashews to the batter. Mix well and set aside.
Meanwhile add sugar to curd and beat it well. Add little water to make it little runny so that its pourable.
Heat oil….Wet your hands and take lemon sized balls and drop it carefully into oil.
You can fry up to 3-4 balls at a time depends on the size of your kadai.
Flip around and deep fry till golden brown. Drain in tissue paper.
Then add the vadas to hot water, remove it immediately – this is to make the vadas soft and make it absorb curd well, also it helps in removing extra oil. Now squeeze using 2 ladles to remove extra water.
Arrange the vadas in a plate may be 4-5 vadas. Then pour curd over it.
Add green chutney and sweet chutney.
Then sprinkle sev, red chilli powder and chat masala and garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve Dahi Bhalla at room temperature or chilled.