Saturday, May 24, 2014

Kadi

Kadi is a very simple dish to make and a great accompaniment for Rice or flatbreads such as Roti,Chapati or Naan. 

Ingredients
  • 2 tbsp besan
  • 2 cups of kefir / butter milk / 1 cup yogurt + 1 cup water beaten together
  • 1 inch ginger and 2 green chilies ground to a paste
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves (optional)
  • Tempering:
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp mustard seeds; Hing; 4 curry leaves
  1. Beat Besan with kefir/butter milk, etc. using a whisk/fork. This mixes the ingredients as well as adds air to make the dish fluffy 
  2. Add the paste, turmeric, curry leaves, sugar and salt and boil it in low heat
  3. Heat oil for tempering and add mustard seeds; Once it crackles, add cumin seeds, hing and finally curry leaves; You can add optionally 1 red chilly for extra heat.
  4. Take the dish off the heat and serve garnished with coriander