Gujarati Kadhi

Gujarati kadhi is a spiced Indian yogurt-based dish thickened with chickpea flour served over rice for a wonderful sweet-and-sour vegetarian meal.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 185 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• salt to taste
• 4 cups water
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
• 2 cups plain yogurt
• 1 pinch asafoetida powder
• 1 tablespoon white sugar, or to taste
• 2 dried red chile peppers, broken into pieces
• 1 sprig fresh curry leaves
• 4 green chile peppers, halved lengthwise
• 1 tablespoon ghee
• 2 tablespoons chickpea flour (besan)
• 0.5 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 0.5 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 0.5 teaspoon mustard seed
• 0.25 cup chopped cilantro leaves

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Mix together water, yogurt, and chickpea flour in a large saucepan until smooth; add green chile peppers, ginger, sugar, turmeric, and salt. Bring to a boil, then immediately reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.

Step 2

Make tadka: Heat together oil and ghee in a small skillet over medium heat. Fry dried red chile peppers, curry leaves, cumin seeds, mustard seed, and asafetida powder in hot oil-ghee mixture until seeds splutter.

Step 3

Stir tadka into yogurt mixture in the saucepan. Mix in cilantro and serve hot.