besan Kadhi

A very famous north Indian main course dish best accompanied with rice.

• Ingredients: for 4 people:

1.  Besan (gram flour)- 150 grms
2. Curd : 200grms
3. Milk : 1 bowl.
4. Heeng (asafoetida): 2 pinch.
5. fenugreek seeds 1 t spoon.
6. Red C\dried chillies-2-3
7. Turmeric: 1 t spoon
8. Salt as per taste.
9. Refiend Oil- for deep frying.
10. Red chilli powder 1 t spoon.
11. desi ghee 1 table spoon.
12. mustard seed 1 t spoon.
13. Onion half - finely chopped.

• Recipe:

Mix besan and water well .Mix it till it forms a smooth consistency. Now add salt to it. Add a pan and pour refined oil to deep fry.

now drop this mixture with the help of your hand or spoon into the refined  so that they form a ball like shape after being dropped into the hot oil. Take out once its fried make sure not to fry too much that it changes its color. take them out with the help of a scoop and keep them aside. this will will be called as badi.

Now it's time to make Kadhi . For this take some besan lets say about 4 table spoon mix it with curd and grind it to get a smooth finish.

Now heat a wok and add some refined oil into it. Add fenugreek seeds, Turmeric and asafoetida into it. saute it and now add the curd mixture into it keep stirring after few minutes add the milk and let it get boiled . Now its time to add salt into it. Mix well and add besan vadi we made in the starting.(P.S. if you feel the kadhi is too thick add some hot water into it and mix well.)

The kadhi is done now its time to put tadka. take some ghee in a vessel and put on flame now add finely chopped onions,mustard seeds, dried red chillies and pinch of red chilli powder once the cracking sound start switch off the flame and pour this tadka over the kadhi . Now enjoy it with hot rice.

Happy Cooking,
Noopur