Kadhi (serves 4)
Kadhi is a traditional North Indian dish. It is a spicy yoghurt-based soup which contains chickpea-flour and is eaten with rice. Traditionally eaten on Sundays, the leftover homemade yoghurt for the week is used to make Kadhi for lunch with the family.
Ingredients
50 grams Chickpea flour
Pinch Mustard seeds
½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
2 whole dry red chilli
Pinch of asafoetida
4 curry leaves
1 teaspoon refined oil
Salt to taste
½ teaspoon Turmeric
250 grams Yoghurt
Method
1. Heat oil in pan
2. Add mustard seeds & cumin seeds – allow to crackle
3. Add whole dry red chilli, asafoetida, and curry leaves
4. Simultaneously, beat the yoghurt with salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, chickpea flour and yoghurt and ½ litre of water
5. Whisk thoroughly & pour over the hot tempering
6. Bring to boil, stirring all the time (3-4 mins)
7. Simmer for 25-30 mins till the raw flavour of the chickpea flour is removed
8. Finish with a pinch of sugar to compensate the extra sourness the yoghurt might have
9. Pour into bowl
10. Served with chopped coriander
11. Best served with boiled rice
