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Cook Time 20 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup yogurt/dahi
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 tablespoons besan/ chickpea flour
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon malai clotted cream or sour cream
  • 2-3 teaspoons green chili and ginger minced
  • 3 teaspoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ghee/clarified butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon methi dana/fenugreek seds
  • a pinch of turmeric powder optional, I never use turmeric n kadhi
  • 1 teaspoon jeera/cumin seeds
  • 2-3 boriya marcha/dry red chilies
  • pinch of asafetida
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 inch cinnamon stick
  • 1 spring curry leaves
  • 1 spring mint leaves
  • 3-4 tablespoons finely chopped coriander
  • salt to taste

Method
 

  1. In a bowl whisk together the curds/yogurt, sour cream/clotted cream and chickpea flour. Whisk until it turns into a smooth and lump free mixture. Add the water and mix well.
  2. Transfer this yogurt mix to a heavy bottom saucepan.
  3. Place the pan on medium flame.
  4. Add sugar, salt, ginger-chili mix and bring the kadhi mix to a boil.
  5. The chickpea flour has a tendency t settle at the bottom so continue to stir continuously.
  6. In a small wok/kadhai prepare the tempering. Place this wok on slow flame, add ghee.
  7. To the ghee, add cumin seeds, red chilies, cinnamon, cloves, asafetida and curry leaves.
  8. Once the cumin seeds turn dark brown add the tempering to the boiling kadhi.
  9. Add the mint leaves and continue to boil. Add the milk.
  10. After 8-10 minutes of gentle boiling turn off the flame.
  11. Just before serving add the chopped coriander.
  12. Serve with rice, roti, puri or khichri...