Kadhi Chawal
Kadhi Chawal is one of those dishes which define comfort and mom’s love to me! A delicious way to incorporate some curd in your diet!
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Ingredients
for the kadhi
- 3cups curdSour
- 1cup gram flourbesan
- 2 – 3 cloves
- 3 – 4 black peppercorns
- 1 elaichibadi
- 1tsp methi seeds
- 1tsp mustard seeds(sarsoon not rai)
- 2 – 3 green chillies
- 1tsp turmeric
- to taste salt and chilli powder to taste.
- 2tsps oil
- handful coriander leavesto garnish
for the pakoras
- 1cup gram flour
- 1 onionchopped
- 1cup mixed vegetableschopped (optional)
- 1/2tsp Dhaniyapowder
- 1 / 2tsps garam masala
- to taste salt and chilli powder to taste.
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- For the Kadhi
- Beat the sour curd and the besan together. You can use a blender or mix them using the whipper.
- Heat the oil and add mustard seeds.
- When they start to crackle add methi seeds and the rest of the sabut masalas.
- Fry for about 2 minutes and when they start to brown, add chilli powder and turmeric.
- Add the sour curd and besan mixture and keep stirring for 5 mins.
- Let it simmer for about 30- 45 minutes stirring in between till it leaves a nice aroma
- In the mean time, get your pakoras ready.
- For the Pakoras:
- Mix all the ingredients together and deep fry in hot oil.
Recipe Notes
Interestingly. this is where I have found a way to keep this healthier and avoid the deep frying (that is all I can thing of these days, N is so scared that I will change the way all his favorite food look and taste 😛 ) coming back to point, I make the batter a little thicker than normal and instead of deep frying them, I fry them using a non stick paniyaram pan… uses much less oil.
- Now add the pakoras to the kadhi simmer for about 2 mins.
- garnish with corriander leaves and serve with steamy hot rice.
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