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Kadhi

Kadhi is a traditional Indian recipe (from Gujarat) for a classic curried vegetarian soup of aromatically spiced yoghurt thickened with gram (chickpea) flour. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Indian version of: Kadhi.

prep time

10 minutes

cook time

40 minutes

Total Time:

50 minutes

Serves:

4

Rating:

Tags : CurryChilli RecipesSpice RecipesMilk RecipesIndian Recipes

Curry purists might balk at the inclusion of this recipe in a list of curry recipes. After all, Kadhi is not quite a curry. As a curry, by definition, is an item of food served up with a sauce or gravy. It could be any food item, but if it’ss served up with a sauce/gravy containing spices, particularly if those spices are Indian, then it's a curry. Kadhi is more of a soup, but it's so delicious and distinct, that we would be doing you a disservice to leave it out. Essentially it is a soup of yogurt, gram flour, water, and savoury herbs.

Ingredients:

500ml (2 Cups) Sour yoghurt
2 tbsp Gram (chickpea) flour
1l (4 cups) Water
1/4 tsp Asafoetida
1 tbsp Salt
1 tsp Chilli powder
1/4 tsp ground Cinnamon
2-3 tbsp Sugar
2 tbsp Oil
2 tsp Mustard seeds
8-10 Curry leaves
3-4 Whole red chillies
2 tbsp Coriander leaves

Method:

Place the yoghurt in a bowl and whisk until smooth then stir in the gram flour, blending until the batter is smooth once more. Now work in the asafoetida, salt, chilli powder, cinnamon powder, sugar and water. Mix thoroughly to combine.

Set a heavy-based saucepan over medium heat and when hot add the oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves and whole red chillies. Fry until the seeds begin to splutter and the curry leaves darken then add the yoghurt mixture.

Increase the heat and bring everything to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 15-20 minutes until thickened to your liking.

Serve hot.