Saturday, November 15, 2008

Besan Kadhi - Simple Quick and Tasty

Most of the time, the young / adults, married or unmarried, are running short of time. Hardly anyone has the patience to spend time in kitchen. For all those enthusiasts (I used to be one of those) who want to eat some good homemade food and that too with minimum effort, here is the simplest dish from my kitchen : Besan (Gram Flour) Ki Kadhi (don't confuse it with Curry).

PS: I am not adding any pakoda's in it, if you prefer, you can prepare pakoda (bhajjhi) separately and then add to the kadhi at the end

Total Time - 10 mins

Ingredients:

Gram Flour: 2 Bowls
Water: 5 Times the Gram Flour
Curd / Yogurt: 2 Bowls
Coriander Seeds: 1 TSP
Red Chilly Powder: 1/2 TSP
Red Dry Chillies: 3 - 4
Turmeric Powder: 3/4 TSP
Asafetida Powder: Pinch of it, as per taste
Salt: Per Taste
Vegetable Oil: 4-5 TSP

Preparation:

0th Min: Mix Gram Flour with 2 bowls of water. Make sure that you get rid of flour lumps if there are any.

1st Min: Heat 2 TSP vegetable oil in a wide pan, and when hot, add coriander seeds, red chilly powder, turmeric powder in it. It would take less than 5-7 seconds for the spices to start blackening,

1 Min: Add the gram flour + water mixture in the pan and stir it for 2-3 mins. Make sure that you constantly stir the whole mixture with a spatula. If you don't, lumps will get formed at the bottom and the whole mixture will have to be dumped. Add remaining water if the lumps are forming and add more if required.

4 Min: Mix the Curd / Yogurt with little amount of water to make a slurry. Add the slurry to the mixture and keep stirring for another 1 min.

5 Min: Add salt to the mixture and keep stirring for sometime.

6 Min: Let the mixture come to a boil. This might take 2 mins.

8 Min: Heat 2 TSP Vegetable oil in a small pan. When the oil becomes super-hot, add some coriander seeds and dry red chillies. It would take a couple of seconds for this 'tadka' to be ready.

9 Min: Pour the 'tadka' over the mixture and your KADHI IS READY.

Serve HOT with fresh cooked Basmati Rice.

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