NORTH INDIAN DISHES:PUNJABI KADHI RECIPE

PUNJABI KADHI RECIPE

Ingredients:

1 cup 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  1 cup Kadhi Curd (yogurt) 1/4 cup Gram flour  2 no. Dry red chili whole 1 tsp Turmeric powder.  A pinch Asafetida  1 tsp Fenugreek seeds. 2 tbsp Oil.  Salt As per taste  

Preparation:

1. Mix all pakora ingredients except oil and add about ½ cup of water. Mix well. 
2. Heat oil in a Kadhai and deep fry vegetable and gram flour mixture after making into small balls. Fry till pakoras are golden brown. 
3. Beat Curd/Yogurt and mix gram flour in it. Blend thoroughly so as to ensure that there are no lumps. Add turmeric powder, salt and 3 cups of water. 
4. Heat oil in a Kadhai. Add fenugreek seeds and dry red chili. Stir fry for half minute. Add Gram flour and Yogurt mixture. Bring it to a boil and simmer on a slow fire for about 15 minutes. Stir occasionally. 
5. Add red chili powder and fried pakoras and again simmer the punjabi kadi for about 5 minutes. 
6. Serve punjabi kadhi hot with steamed rice.