Recipe: Tasty Kadhi

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Kadhi. Kadhi or karhi is a dish originating from the Indian subcontinent. It consists of a thick gravy based on gram flour, and contains vegetable fritters called pakoras, to which dahi (yogurt) is added to give it a bit of sour taste. It is often eaten with boiled rice or roti.

Kadhi

The kadhi should become thicker and brighter in color and look like a creamy soup. Taste again and add more lime juice if needed. Gujarati kadhi is inseparable from Gujarati cuisine. besan kadhi is basically a wonderful sweet and spicy curd mixture thickened with gram flour, which can be enhanced in many ways using other ingredients like pakoras and koftas. You can have Kadhi using 27 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Kadhi

  1. It's of For The Pakodas.
  2. Prepare 1 cup of besan.
  3. It's 2 tbsp of finely chopped coriander leaves.
  4. It's 2 of long thinly sliced onions.
  5. Prepare 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder.
  6. Prepare 1 pinch of baking soda.
  7. You need 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
  8. You need 1 tsp of finely chopped green chillies.
  9. Prepare to taste of salt.
  10. You need of oil for deep-frying.
  11. You need of For The Kadhi.
  12. You need 2 cups of whisked curds.
  13. It's 3 tbsp of besan.
  14. Prepare 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder.
  15. It's to taste of salt.
  16. You need 1 tbsp of oil.
  17. It's 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds.
  18. It's 2 of cloves.
  19. You need 1 of small stick cinnamon.
  20. Prepare 1/4 tsp of fenugreek seeds.
  21. You need 1/2 tsp of coriander seeds.
  22. You need 4-6 of curry leaves.
  23. Prepare 2 of whole dry kashmiri red chillies, broken into pieces.
  24. You need 1/2 tsp of ginger paste.
  25. You need 1/2 tsp of chilli powder.
  26. It's of For The Garnish.
  27. Prepare 2 tbsp of finely chopped coriander.

Gujarati kadhi is a very famous Gujarati preparation and is often cooked. This is an accompaniment with almost all khichdi (rice lentil combos) dishes or even plain rice. You can make adjustments to the basic recipe as per your liking. Eg you may add choice vegetables or pakodis (lentil croquettes)or few piece of papad (raw to boil with kadhi) or spinach and fenugreek leaves.

Kadhi step by step

  1. For the pakodas Combine all the ingredients along with approx. ½ cup of water in a deep bowl and mix well to make a thick batter..
  2. Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan and drop spoonfuls of the batter into the hot oil and deep-fry a few at a time till they turn golden brown in colour from all the sides..
  3. When fried drain them out on an absorbent paper.
  4. For the kadhi Combine the curds, besan, turmeric powder, salt and 2 cups of water in a deep bowl and whisk well using a whisk. Keep aside..
  5. Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan, add the cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon, fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds, curry leaves and kashmiri dry red chillies and sauté on a medium flame for a few seconds..
  6. Now on high flame, add the curds-besan mixture, ginger paste, chilli powder and a little salt, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring continuouly till the mixture comes to boil. Let it boil for 4-5 minutes then lower the flame and let it cook fr another 15 minutes or till the rawness of besan is gone..
  7. Give tadka of mustard & red chilli whole just before serving. Garnish with green coriander.
  8. Serve hot with rice.
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The consistency of a kadhi should be thick enough to coat the back of a ladle. The Punjabi kadhi is different from the other regional variations of kadhi. Punjabi kadhi is thicker and creamier and the other kadhi variations have a slight thin consistency. The ingredients used to make the kadhi in all the versions are more or less the same. Few tips for making best Punjabi Kadhi.