KADHI

Kadhi..... has a very auspicious connotations for us...when we bring a bride home, we prepare kadhi, when when a newborn is 6 days old, we celebrate by making kadhi(cchathi) and even on Rakshabandhan we enjoy it.

Ingredients:

Moong dal 1 cup soaked in water for 3-4 hrs , then grind it.

1 cup sour curd

oil for frying

salt to taste.

1tsp turmeric

1tsp cumin seeds

1/2 tsp red chilli powder

2 tbsp. desi ghee or butter

1/2 tsp asafoetida powder

Take the ground moong daal, and for testing put a drop of it in a cup of water, if it floats, then its Ok, otherwise churn it a little. Keep 1/4 cup daal aside.

Now fry small balls from the rest of the dal and put them in water.

Now in a bowl mix curd and that 1/4 cup dal thoroughly and then add 1glass water.

Take a kadhai or sauce pan and put 1 Tbsp oil, when it gets hot, add asafoetida and cumin seed and chilli powder and turmeric and then slow the fire and add daal and curd mix stirring continuously., then add one more glass of water.

Now add salt and let it simmer for 25 minutes on slow fire.

Then squeeze the fried ball and add to this.

keep on the fire for another 10 minutes.

Now before serving give it a tadka of desi ghee, cumin seeds and chilli powder.

for garnishing u may put Coriander leaves.

Now relish it with boiled rice or chapati.

For flavour curry leaves may also be used.

Here we have used moong daal, but normally instead of daal..Besan is used..method is same.

For ready made moong daal badi...... roast them with a little oil, then crush them a little and then just prepare it as a Curry veg with peas, and tomatFor urad daal badi....These are big size spicy badi.......so break them and then roast a little...since they are spicy we add potato and then make their vegetable..Curry.