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Ingredients:
1/3 cup mathki (soak for 2 hours in water)
For
kadhi:
1 stalk curry leaves
2 green chillies, slit lengthwise
1 tsp. coriander leaves freshly chopped
1 cup slightly sour curds
1 tbsp. gram flour
1/2 tbsp. wheat flour
1 tsp. red chilli powder
1/4 tsp. turmeric power
salt to taste
3-4 pinches asafoetida
1/2 tsp. each mustard & cumin seeds
2 cups water
2 tbsp. ghee
Method:
Add plenty of water and pressurecook mathki till very
tender to touch. (Approx. 4 whistles should suffice).
Cool cooker before opening lid.
Drain, wash with running water, drain, keep aside.
For Kadhi:
Mix chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt in 1/2 cup
water, keep aside.
Beat the curds till smooth
In 2 cups water add both flours and beat till no lumps
are left.
Add cooked mathki in the above mixture
Heat ghee in large deep pan, add seeds and curry leaves
and green chillies.
Allow to splutter, add asafoetida, add masala paste.
Simmer and stir till ghee floats on top.
Remove a tbsp. of this ghee layer in a cup, and keep
aside.
Add beaten curd mixture, stir continuously, till it
boils.
Add flour and water mixture and bring it to boil
Reduce flame, allow to simmer for 7-8 minutes, stirring
occasionally.
Taste and check for salt and sourness.
If not sour at all, add a pinch of citric acid crystals,
to taste.
Pour into serving dish, garnish with chopped coriander
and masala ghee kept aside.
Serve hot with steamed hot rice, dry sabzi and papadams.
(Consistency: Kadhi should be pourable easily, and leave
behind a thin coating on spoon after pouring. )
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