Kadhi
Kadhi Masala
Ingredients
1
Green chili
1 tsp
Ginger
(chopped)
2 cloves
Garlic
2 tsps
Amba aradh
(chopped)
⅛ tsp
Fresh turmeric
(chopped)
2 tsps
Green tuvar lilva
2
Curry leaves
2 Tbsps
Green coriander
(chopped)
Instructions
1
Crush together to make masala.
Kadhi
Ingredients
1 cup
Plain yogurt
1¾ cup
Water
(or to desired consistency)
1½ Tbsp
Gram flour
¾ tsp
Salt
(or to taste)
1 tsp
Sugar
¾ tsp
Ground cumin
Instructions
1
In a saucepan, prepare the kadhi.
2
Blend yogurt, water and gram flour together.
3
Add salt, sugar, cumin and kadhi masala and mix.
4
In a small tempering pot, melt ghee on medium heat.
5
Add the red chili, as it browns, add mustard seeds and cloves.
6
When it crackles add the cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, hing and curry leaves.
7
Stir for 10 seconds and immediately pour in the kadhi.
8
Heat kadhi on medium heat, stir continuously until it comes to a boil.
9
Stir for a couple of minutes more.
10
Add some chopped green coriander, stir and remove from heat.
11
Note: for kadhi masala, if all ingredients are not available, simply add crushed chilies to taste, ½ tsp crushed ginger, ½ tsp crushed garlic and less than ⅛ tsp of turmeric.
12
Variation: substitute chopped green coriander for 1 tsp chopped green dill. Also substitute sugar for 1 tbsp of grated ripe banana.
Tempering
Ingredients
1 Tbsp
Ghee
1
Dry red chili
½ tsp
Mustard seeds
½ tsp
Cumin seeds
⅛ tsp
Fenugreek seeds
4
Cloves
⅛ tsp
Asafoetida
(hing)
6
Curry leaves