Saturday, January 5, 2008

Punjabi Food- 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:

Mix all pakora ingredients except oil and add about ½ cup of water. Mix well.
Heat oil in a Kadhai and deep fry vegetable and gram flour mixture after making into small balls. Fry till pakoras are golden brown.
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.
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.
Add red chili powder and fried pakoras and again simmer the punjabi kadi for about 5 minutes.
Serve punjabi kadhi hot with steamed rice.