Kashmiri Kadhi:
This Kashmiri recipe from royal Kashmiri kitchen is gourmet’s delight.
This serves 4 to 5 persons
Ingredients:
Sour Buttermilk(chhas) 2 cups
Or
Sour curd diluted in 2 cups of water
Besan (gram flour). 4table spoon (30gms)
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder 2 Tspoon
Turmeric powder. Half Tspoon
Cumin powder. Half Tspoon
Cumin seeds whole 1 Tspoon
Hing (asafoetida). Quarter Tspoon
Sugar. 1.5 Tspoon
Green chillies chopped. 4 to 6
Fresh mint leaves. 15 to 20
Oil. 1 table spoon
For tadka (baghar):
Ghee (clarified butter). 2 table spoon
Red chilli whole. 2 to 3
Cumin seeds whole. Half Tspoon
Kashmiri red chilli powder. 1 Tspoon
Hing (asafoetida). Quarter Tspoon
For pakora:
Besan (gram flour) 8 table spoon (60gms)
Cumin seeds whole 1 Tspoon
Red chilli powder. 1 Tspoon
Hing (asafoetida). Quarter Tspoon
Salt to taste. A little more than half Tspoon
Baking powder. 1 Tspoon
Oil for deep frying
Method:
1. In the buttermilk mix besan and stir well .
2. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder, salt and hing.
3. Add 1.5 cups of water.
4. In a pan heat 1 table spoon oil. Add cumin seeds and hing. When crackle add the buttermilk mixture. Stir well continuously.
5. When starts boling check the consistency. If needed add required water. No thin no thick.
6. Add sugar and mint leaves.
7. Boil for 10 - 15 minutes
8. For Tadka heat 2 Tablespoonful of ghee (clarified butter), add cumin seeds whole, 2 - 3 whole red chillies, Kashmiri red chilli powder and hing. When crackles, add to Kadhi mix and stir well.
9. In a separate bowl take 8 table spoon of Besan.
10. Add salt, cumin seeds whole, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, hing and soda bi carb (baking powder).
11. Add a little water and make dough.
12. In a frypan heat oil for deep frying.
13. Fry pakoras till golden red.
14. Transfer straight to kadhi.
15. Boil Kadhi for 10 minutes, so that pakora becomes soft.
16. Kashmiri kadhi is ready to be served.
17. Cherish with Jeera Rice.
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