Recipe: Tasty Kadhi Pakora

Kadhi Pakora. Punjabi Kadhi Pakora is one of the most popular North Indian dishes! Deep fried fritters (pakora) are dunked in a I am sharing my absolute favorite way to make the best Punjabi Kadhi Pakora at home. Kadhi pakora is often made at our home, but I just could not manage myself to take step by step photos and thats why it took me so long to share this delicious Punjabi kadhi recipe.

Ingredients of Kadhi Pakora

1. Prepare of Pakora Ingredients.
2. You need 1 Cup of Besan/gram flour.
3. You need 1 of Onion.
4. Prepare 2 of Green Chillies.
5. You need 1/2 inch of Ginger.
6. You need 1/2 TeaSpoon of Ajwain/carom seeds.
7. Prepare 1/2 TeaSpoon of Coriander Seeds.
8. You need 1 1/2 Cup of Water.
9. It's 1/4 TeaSpoon of Baking Powder or ENO.
10. You need 1 TeaSpoon of Salt.
11. It's 3/4 TeaSpoon of Laal Mirch(red chilli) Powder.
12. It's 1/4 TeaSpoon of Haldi (turmeric)Powder.
13. It's 1 TableSpoon of Desi Ghee.
14. You need of Kadhi Ingredients.
15. It's 1 Cup of Sour Dahi.
16. It's 4 TableSpoon of Besan/gram flour.
17. Prepare 1/2 TeaSpoon of Methi Dana(Fenugreek seeds).
18. Prepare 1/2 TeaSpoon of Sarson(mustard seeds).
19. It's To taste of Salt.
20. You need 1 TeaSpoon of Laal Mirch(red chilli) Powder.
21. You need 1/2 TeaSpoon of Haldi (turmeric)Powder.
22. You need 1 Litre of Water.
23. You need 1 TableSpoon of Ginger Garlic Paste.
24. It's 1 of Green Chilli.
25. Prepare 2 tsp of Dhaniya(coriander leaves).
26. Prepare of Tadka Ingredients.
27. Prepare 1 TeaSpoon of Sarson(mustard seeds).
28. It's 1/4 TeaSpoon of Hing/asafoetida.
29. You need 1/2 TeaSpoon of Coriander Seeds.
30. You need 7-8 of Curry Leaves.
31. Prepare 2 of Dried Red Chillies or 1 Teaspoon Kashmiri Laal Mirch Powder.

Kadhi is a blend of yogurt and besan (gram flour) with besan pakoras. Kadhi is served with plain white rice. Kadhi pakora or Punjabi kadhi is the perfect vegetarian comfort food from North India. Vegetable fritters (pakoras) are coated in a chickpea flour mix and fried to golden-brown perfection.

Kadhi Pakora instructions

1. Chop Onion, Green Chillies, Ginger & Dhaniya Leaves very finely..
2. Now take a bowl add 1 Cup Besan, 1 Teaspoon Salt, 1/2 Teaspoon Ajwain, 1/2 Teaspoon Coriander Seeds, 3/4 Teaspoon Laal Mirch Powder in it & mix them properly before adding water in it..
3. Don’t add any moisture ingredients like Ginger, Green Chillies, Onion or Dhaniya Leaves..
4. Then slowly-slowly start adding water & mix it properly so that no lumps are formed in the batter..
5. Keep stirring the batter for 10 minutes till Besan Starts changing colour from yellow to white..
6. After stirring it for 10 minutes, add 1/4 Teaspoon Haldi Powder & 1 Table Spoon Desi Ghee in it & mix them properly..
7. Then add finely chopped Ginger, Green Chillies, Onion & Dhaniya Leaves & mix them properly & in it end consistency of batter should not be very thick or very thin it should be medium..
8. Now let the batter rest for 10 minutes..
9. Meanwhile, take a mixer grinder jar add 1 Cup Sour Dahi in it or 1 Cup Dahi with 1 Lemon, 4 Table Spoon Besan, 1 Teaspoon Laal Mirch Powder, 1 Teaspoon Salt, 1/4 Teaspoon Haldi Powder in it & grind them first without adding water into finely paste..
10. Now after 1st spin, add 1 Litre water in it & again grind in into fine purée..
11. On the other hand after resting the batter for 10 minutes, add 1/4 Teaspoon Baking powder or ENO with 1/4 Teaspoon water & mix it properly..
12. Now take a kadhai, add oil in it & keep the gas on medium flame..
13. When oil gets heated up, add batter drop by drop & pakora’s should immediately float on top of oil because there is air trapped in it..
14. Fry them till they are golden brown in colour & then take them out in a bowl or Kadhai..
15. Now take a pressure cooker, add 2-3 Table Spoon Oil in it & keep the gas on medium flame..
16. When oil gets heated up, add finely chopped Green Chillies, 1/2 Teaspoon Methi Dana, 1/2 Teaspoon Sarson in it & let them sizzle..
17. When they start sizzling, turn the gas on low flame & add finely grinded kadhi purée in it & start stirring it immediately so that dahi doesn’t get burned..
18. Keep stirring it till first boil comes up, then 1/2 close the lid so that it doesn’t flow out of cooker..
19. Then add 1 Tabel Spoon Ginger Garlic Paste in it & mix it properly..
20. After 10 minutes, when it’s consistency become thick, add pakora’s in it mix them properly..
21. Meanwhile, take a tadka pan, add 1 Table Spoon Oil in it with Tadka Ingredients & let them sizzle..
22. Now pour the tadka on top of kadhi & mix it properly..
23. Your Kadhi Pakora is ready to be served..

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