A delicious creamy gravy with soft fried pakodis dipped in it, makes for an amazing Punjabi kadhi. It is made from gram flour, spices and chillies that makes for a popular lunch dish in an Indian household.
Ingredients:
- For curry:
- 300 gram Gram flour
- 500 gram Yogurt
- 100 gram Onion
- 20 gram Ginger
- 5 gram Red chilli powder
- to taste Salt
- 3 gram Turmeric
- 2 gram Garam masala powder
- 200 ml Oil
- 1 glass Water
- For tadka:
- 2 gram Dry red chilli
- 10 gram Ghee
- 2 gram Cumin seeds
- 2 gram Onion seeds
- Dry fenugreek leaves
- 1 gram Green chilli
- For pakodi:
- 250 gram Gram flour
- 100 gram Onion (medium sized), sliced
- 6 Green chilli, sliced
- to taste Salt
- 5 gram Red chilli powder
- 20 gram Fresh coriander
- 3 gram Cumin seeds
- 10 gram Coriander seeds
- As required Water
Method:
- 1.In a blender add the yogurt, water and blend to mix it well and place it in a bowl.
- 2.Add the gram flour in the blender and fill it with water and blend.
- 3.Heat oil and add the onion till so they get soft, then add the ginger & garlic paste and fry till they get golden on high flame.
- 4.Add the tomatoes, salt, turmeric and red chili powder mix cook on high flame till the oil comes on top.
- 5.Now add gram flour and water mixture along with yogurt and an extra jug of water mix well, wait for a boil and cook on low to medium for 20 to 25 minutes and starts to get thick.
- Prepare the tadka:
- 1.Heat ghee in a pan.
- 2.Add the cumin seeds, onion seeds, fenugreek leaves, green chill, dry red chili fry well on high flame and add to kadhi and mix.
- 3.Prepare the pakodi:
- 4.In a bowl add the gram flour, all the spices, onions, green chili add the water slowly and mix it to make medium batter.
- 5.Heat the oil and add the batter and make pakora, fry them on medium flame till golden.
- 6.Remove them and place on kitchen paper roll.
- 7.Then add the pakora in the curry.
- 8.Add the tadka, garam masala and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.
- 9.Serve the Kadhi Pakora hot.
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