KADHI PAKORA

Hi, folks today I’m going to share with you a recipe of kadhi pakora, a North Indian dish in a curry form eaten with rice or Chappati (Indian bread) . This dish is very popular all over northern India.
It is made from only two ingredients chick pea flour(Besan) and yogurt with few spices. It is made in various ways in different parts of India like Gujarati kadhi with a pinch of sugar or jaggery in it. Sindhi kadhi with lots of vegetables in it. Rajasthani kadhi with lentil cakes in it. Here is the recipe of this amazing dish for four people.

INGREDIENTS
For Kadhi

200 grams chick pea flour or besan
750 grams yogurt
1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
A pinch of asfortieda (hing)
Few curry leaves
5 to 6 green chillies
25 grams ginger, garlic paste
1 onion chopped finely
1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
Salt according to taste
1 tablespoon oil
1 1/2 litres of water

For pakoras

200 grams chick pea flour
1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
1 chopped onion finely
Pinch of soda bi carb
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

METHOD
For kadhi

Mix yogurt , chickpea flour , salt ,chilli powder, turmeric powder in a mixi .
Heat a big pot put oil in it and add asfortieda , cumin and fungreek seeds and sauté .
Now add ginger garlic paste fry for a minute then add onions and fry them until they change the colour.
Now add yogurt mixture and water and keep stirring till it starts boiling.
Keep it on simmer for 20to 30 minutes and prepare pakoras.

For pakoras( fitters)

1. Take rest of chick pea flour in a bowl and add salt , red chilli powder and onion and make a batter for pakoras ( fitters) , like pan cakes.

2. Add pinch of soda and mix.

3. Deep fry then in a hot oil in form of soft balls and add to the boiling kadhi.

4 . Put off the gas when kadhi thickens an serve hot with steamed rice or chappaties .