Pakoda Kadhi

10:53 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
For making pakodas

• Besan/Gram flour - 1 cup
• Onion - 1 (big)
• Green chilli - 2
• Salt - as required
• Chilli powder - 1/4 tsp
• Hing - little
• Water - 1/4 cup or as required

For kadhi

• Besan/ Gram flour - 2 tbsp 
• Curd - 1.5 cup
• Coriander powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1tsp
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Onion - 1
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Chilli - 2
• Chopped ginger - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - little
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:
Pakoda:

• Mix all ingredients given under pakodas except water. Start adding water little-by-little to get the right consistency. The pakoda batter should not be thick as well as watery. 

• Heat oil in a wide pan, drop small balls of batter and fry it golden brown.
• Keep this aside.

Kadhi

• In a pan, mix besan, curd, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, garam masala and turmeric powder. 

• Beat it nicely, keep this aside.
• Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, add fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds, slit green chillies, chopped onion, ginger and curry leaves (i used powdered curry leaves).

• Saute this for a minute, then add the curd-besan mix and 1/2 cup water, let it boil for 4 to 5 minutes. When it start thickening, add pakodas and boil kadhi for a minute. Finally garnish with coriander leaves.
• Leave this pakoda kadhi for 10 minutes before serving for nice taste.
• Kadhi taste wonderful with rice.