Kadhi (With Pakoras)
Kadhi recipe (with pakoras) is a curry cooked with lightly spiced yogurt, thickened with gram flour, and tempered with aromatic spices.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 2 cup yogurt ()
- 1/2 cup gram flour ((see notes))
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tsp garlic paste
- 2 tsp ginger paste
- 6 cup water
- 1/2 yellow onion
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1/4 cup cooking oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 4 whole dried red chilies
- 12 curry leaves
- 12 pakoras ((see notes))
Instructions
- 1
Whisk the yogurt, gram flour, and powdered spices until you have a smooth and creamy mixture.
- 2
Add this mixture, ginger and garlic paste, and 6 cups of water to a blender and mix into a cohesive mixture. (see notes)
- 3
Pour this mixture into a cooking pot, add the sliced onion and bring everything to a boil.
- 4
Reduce to medium heat and stir at intervals for 15-20 minutes, until the kadhi stops foaming.
- 5
Cover and cook on medium-low heat for an hour until you have a thickened and reduced mixture. (see notes)
- 6
Prepare the pakoras using the linked recipe. (see notes)
- 7
Add the cooking oil to a frying pan and roast the cumin seeds, mustard seeds, dry red chilies, and curry leaves for one minute.
- 8
Pour this tempering over the cooked kadhi, cover with the lid, and set aside for 5 minutes.
- 9
Place the cooked pakoras in a serving dish and pour the tempered kadhi over them, immersing them completely.