Indian Recipes Cuisines: Punjabi Kadhi

Monday, April 6, 2009

Ingredients :
For Pakora:

1 cup - Besan (Gram flour)

1/4 cup - Chopped onion

1/4 cup - Chopped potato

1 - tsp Ajwain

1 tsp - Red chili powder

1 tsp - Chopped ginger

1/2 tsp - Baking powder

Oil for deep frying

Salt As per taste

For Kadhi:

1 cup - Curd (yogurt)

1/4 cup - Gram flour

2 - Dry red chili whole

1 tsp - Turmeric powder

1/2 tsp - Asafoetida (Hing)

1 tsp - Fenugreek seeds

2 tb sp - Oil

Salt As per taste

Instructions:

1. Mix all pakora ingredients except oil

2. And now add about ½ cup of water, mix well.

3. Heat oil in a Kadhai.

4. Now deep fry vegetable and gram flour mixture after making into small balls.

5. Fry till pakoras are golden brown.

6. Beat Curd/Yogurt and mix gram flour in it.

7. Blend thoroughly so as to ensure that there are no lumps.

8. Add turmeric powder, salt and 3 cups of water.

9. Heat oil in a Kadhai.

10. Add fenugreek seeds and dry red chili.

11. Stir fry for half minute.

12. Add Gram flour and Yogurt mixture.

13. Bring it to a boil and simmer 15 mins on a slow fire.

14. Stir occasionally.

15. Add red chili powder and fried pakoras

16. And again simmer the punjabi kadi for about 5 minutes.

Serve punjabi kadhi hot with steamed rice.