Kadhi Pakora

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The favorite dish of every north indian home, a delicious combination of besan curd curry and pakoras with hot rice/chapati. 

Ingredients:

For Kadhi:


1 cup Light sour curd
4 tsp Chickpeas flour ( Besan)
2, Green Chillies
Salt to taste
¼ tsp Turmeric powder
½  tsp Red chili powder

3 cups Water

For pakora:

1 cup Chickpeas flour ( Besan)
¼  cup onion minced
½ tsp Garam masala
½ Grated Ginger
¼  tsp Red chili powder  
¼ tsp Baking powder
Water as required
Oil for deep frying

Method:

For Kadhi

• To make Kadhi first beat the sour cream with water and add Besan and whisk it hard so there are no lumps.
• Now add all the ingredients like green chillies, salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder.
• Now cook above mix on low flame and bring it to boil. Let it boil for about 30 minutes and you would find lots of bubbles in kadhi.
• Be careful not to heat it on full or medium or it might be spoilt.

For Pakoras:

• Mix Besan, onions,  garam masala, grated ginger,  red chilli powder , baking powder in enough quantity of water to make a thick paste.
  This would act as batter. Heat oil in a deep pan.
• Now make small balls from the batter and put them in oil till they are golden.
• Now add them to kadhi and let them soak in Kadhi.

Tadka (Seasoning):

• Heat 2 tsp of Ghee/oil and add 1 tsp of mustard seeds, a pinch asafoetida and 1 dry red chilli.
• When seeds splutter, add this mixture to kadhi.
• Serve it with rotis ( Indian bread) or with rice.