Food-India.com - Punjabi Kadi with Pakora (Dahi Besan Kadi)

For Pakora:
1 cup Besan (gram flour)
Pinch of cumin seeds
2 teaspoon chopped onions
1 chopped green chillies
½ teaspoon grated ginger
pinch of turmeric powder
¼ teaspoon garam masala
red chillie powder (as per taste)
½ teaspoon jwayen (optional)
water (to make a smooth batter)
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

For Kadi:
2 spoons Vegetable Oil
1 cup besan
1 huge onion (sliced in long pieces)
1 tomato (chopped)
1 teaspoon ginger paste
2-3 teaspoon minced garlic
4-5 Dry Red chillies
7-8 Curry leaves
2 teaspoon mustard seeds
½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
2-3 cloves
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
3 teaspoon garam masala
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1 spoon tamarind paste (mixed with water)
2 cups yogurt
2 teaspoon dry kasuri methi powder (fenugreek powder)
Salt to taste

Preparation

	*Pakora:*
1	Mix besan and all the other ingredients in a bowl.
2	Add enough water to make a very thick batter.
3	Make any random shape or balls and fry them in oil to make pakoras.
4	Deep fry them until they turn brown and crispy. Take them out on a paper towel so that the paper soaks all the extra oil. Keep them aside.
	*Kadi Prep:*
1	Blend yogurt,double the amount of water, pinch of turmeric powder, salt, pinch of red chilli powder, besant. It should look like a butter milk (lassi) mixture with besan in it.
2	Keep it aside for half an hour before starting to make kadi.
	*Kadi:*
1	Pour oil in a big pan (or any big cooking utensil) and heat it until it gets hot. Add cumin seeds mustard seeds, fenugreek seed, coriander seeds, cloves and let them pop.
2	Add curry leaves and dry red chilli to the above tadka (frying mixture)
3	Add onions to it and fry them until brown.
4	Add garlic, ginger to it and fry for 3 minutes.(watch that it should not stick to the bottom of the pan)
5	Add chopped tomatoes and fry for 3-4 minutes.
6	Add tamarind paste to the pan and let it come to the boil for 4-5 minutes.
7	Add turmeric powder ,garam masala, red chilli powder, salt and fry until oil starts floating on the top and it gives out dark reddish brownish color.
8	Add the kadi mixture, which was kept for half an hour to this tadka.
9	Keep stirring the curry, as it will start sticking to the bottom. Keep it on a medium flame first, and let it come to a boil. Keep watching it stirring it. After 3-5 boils, lower down the flame to low and let it cook on low flame for 20 minutes and stir in between.
10	Stir for another 5 minutes and check if its thick enough and looks dark yellow. Again stir it for 5 minutes and sprinkle dry fenugreek leaves on it and let it boil for another 2 minutes and than add the pakoras in the kadi.
11	Boil more for 3 minutes and don’t stir too much as the pakora can break apart.
12	For garnishing, sprinkle cilantro and serve hot with rice.

Number of Servings: 4

Nutritional Analysis

Per Serving

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about Recipe

This is the typical Punjabi recipe Kadi Pakora with rice or Chapati. My mom makes it very well and I learnt this from her. I hope, I explained it well and I hope, you like it.

Let me know if you have any comments on it and if you have any suggestions for me to make it in a different or better way.

Thanks!

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