Punjabi Kadhi (Gram-flour and yogurt curry) | punjabi kadhi recipe, how to make punjabi kadhi pakora recipe

Today's post is an Authentic Punjabi Kadhi recipe / Punjabi Kadhi Pakora recipe which i learnt from my Mother. It is a classic dish where the yogurt is spiced with chillies, ginger and coriander and simmered in a delicious pakora. I like it with steamed white rice and it’s my husband’s favorite :) so I tend to make it quite often. Hope you all like the recipe .

Ingredients :-

For pakoras

• Gram flour (besan) 3/4 cup

• Onion , finely chopped 1 medium

• Ginger, grated 1 inch piece

• Carom seeds (ajwain) 1 teaspoon

• 1 green chilli finel chopped

• Salt to taste

• Oil to deep fry

For Kadhi

• Yogurt 1 cup

• Gram flour (besan) 2 tablespoon

• Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon

• Salt to taste

• Oil 1 tablespoons

• Fenugreek seeds (methi dana) 1/2 teaspoon

• Cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon

• 1 Green chilli finely chopped

• Ginger, chopped 1/2 inch piece

• 2 bay leaf

Method :-

• Mix all the ingredients for pakora, except oil, adding about half a cup of water

• Heat sufficient oil in a kadai, drop small portions of the besan mixture and deep fry till golden brown. 

• Drain and place on an absorbent paper and set aside.

• For kadhi, beat the  yogurt well add besan, turmeric powder, salt, fenugreek seeds and 3 cups of water and keep it for about 10 minutes.

• Heat the oil in pan, add bay leaf, cumin seeds and green chilli Stir-fry for half a minute.

• Add ginger and stir-fry for a minute. Add yogurt mixture. 

• Bring to a boil and simmer on low heat for about fifteen minutes, stirring occasionally.

• Add fried pakoras and continue to simmer for four to five minutes. Serve hot with steamed rice.