Buttermilk Curry (Kadhee)
Ingredients for Pakoras
1. 3 tablespoons Besan.
2. 20 -25 ml water.
3. ½ teaspoon salt.
4. ¼ teaspoon garam masala
5. ¼ teaspoon red chilli powder
6. ¼ teaspoon kasoori methi
7. Two medium onions chopped fine
8. Oil for frying.
Ingredients for Kadhee
1. One litre thick buttermilk. (thickness should be like the buttermilk you get in tetra packs ,in fact a little more than that too will do).
2. 3 tablespoons Besan.
3. ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder.
4. 4 - 6 tablespoons Oil.
5. ½ teaspoon Methi / Fenugreek seeds.
6. 5-6 cloves of Garlic chopped very fine.
7. 2 cloves and one Badi Elaichi / black cardamon.
8. One inch piece of Cinnamon.
9. Two medium onions sliced thin.
10. Two green chillies chopped fine.
11. Salt to taste.
For Tempering
1. Two tablespoons desi ghee
2. ½ teaspoon jeera / cumin seeds
3. ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
Method
1. Add water to the besan and keep aside for at least half an hour to let it soften a little.
2. Add the chopped onions and seasonings and make pakoras and keep aside.
3. You can simultaneously do the following steps.
4. Blend the turmeric and besan with the buttermilk.
5. Take oil in a heavy bottomed pan and place it on the stove at medium flame.
6. The moment the oil gets warm add the fenugreek seeds , let them pinken a little , care is to be taken that they they don’t turn dark brown. This will take a few seconds.
7. Add the clove , badi elaichi and cinnamon stick and stir for a few seconds.
8. Add the chopped garlic and stir till they become golden brown.
9. Add the onions and green chillies and stir fry till they become translucent.
10. Add the buttermilk mixture and let it simmer for at 20- 25 minutes.
11. Meanwhile your pakoras would be done.
12. Add salt , kasoori methi and pakoras to the curry or kadhee ( however you would like to call it ) and boil for a minute and turn off the gas.
13. For the tempering warm the ghee , add the cumin seeds and red chilli powder.
14. Pour it into the kadhee and serve with steaming hot rice.
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Hi Anjali,
ReplyDeleteGot to thank you for the simplest of the recipes you give us...being from the south and being able to make good north indian(more so Punjabi food) is surely an achivement for me,,tried making the khadee and it acme out so well....have a small request..is it possible for you to share with me a good recipe for Rajma....would really appreciate it.Thanks....MVee.
Hi! I am so happy to know that you are getting good results to these recipes.I endeavour to present before you all the recipes or the modified ways of making a recipe that is so simple that you just cannot go wrong even in the first attempt.
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