Name: Gujarati Kadhi
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 cups water; 2 cups plain yogurt; 2 tablespoons chickpea flour (besan); 4 green chile peppers, halved lengthwise; 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root; 1 tablespoon white sugar, or to taste; 0.5 teaspoon ground turmeric; salt to taste; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon ghee; 2 dried red chile peppers, broken into pieces; 1 sprig fresh curry leaves; 0.5 teaspoon cumin seeds; 0.5 teaspoon mustard seed; 1 pinch asafoetida powder; 0.25 cup chopped cilantro leaves

Gujarati Kadhi

Gujarati kadhi is a spiced Indian yogurt-based dish thickened with chickpea flour served over rice for a wonderful sweet-and-sour vegetarian meal.

25 min total 5 min prep 20 min cook 4 185 cal

Instructions

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1 Mix together water, yogurt, and chickpea flour in a large saucepan until smooth; add green chile peppers, ginger, sugar, turmeric, and salt. Bring to a boil, then immediately reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.
2 Make tadka: Heat together oil and ghee in a small skillet over medium heat. Fry dried red chile peppers, curry leaves, cumin seeds, mustard seed, and asafetida powder in hot oil-ghee mixture until seeds splutter.
3 Stir tadka into yogurt mixture in the saucepan. Mix in cilantro and serve hot.