HOTCHULHA

Besan Ki Kadi:

It is a 2 step process where we make Pakodi in step one and then make Kadi in step 2
and finally we mix them together to get the wonderful Besan Ki Kadi.

In Step # 1, we will be making Pakodi.

For Pakodi:

Ingredients:

• Besan Flour – 1/2 Cup
• Onion – 1 small – cut into long lengths
• Ginger-garlic paste – 1/2 tea spoon
• Shazeera – 1/4 teaspoon
• Coriander powder – 1/4 teaspoon
• Turmeric Powder – 1 pinch
• Salt – to paste
• Oil to deep fry

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients except the oil with little bit of water
2. Take a heavy bottom pan and put the oil and fry the pokodi’s and keep it aside.

This completes Step # 1. Now in Step# 2, we prepare Kadi.

For Kadi:

Ingredients:

• Sour Curd – 2 cups
• Besan – 3/4 Cup
• Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon
• Ginger, garlic paste – 1 Teaspoon
• Chili powder – 1/2 teaspoon
• Zeera – 1/2 teaspoon
• hing – 2 pinch
• curry leaves – 4 stems
• Salt to taste
• Cilantro – Handful
• Oil – 8 Tablespoon

Method:

1. Take a bowl and put curd, besan, salt and turmeric powder and mix it well.
2. Add 2.5 cups of water and whisk it well and keep it aside.
3. Take a small pan and put 2 tablespoons of oil and put zeera, half of the curry leaves and fry
4. Add ginger-green chillie paste and fry it for some more time.
5. Put red chili powder in this mix. Add all this to curd-besan bowl and bring that to a boil on low heat.
6. This is where we get Pakodas made in step # 1 and put them Kadi Bowl we just made.
7. After 5 minutes, put the fried pakoda in the curd bowl and take it off from the heat.
8. Take a small bowl and put 1 tablespoon of oil and put the remaining curry leaves, hing and fry.
9. Put this in prepared dish and garnish it with cilantro.

It goes well with Rice and Roties.