Urad Kadhi Pakori

Ingredients:

Pakora:

1 cup Urad Dal (soaked overnight, grinded to a thick paste and fermented for atleast 4-6 hours)

1 tea spoon garam masala

1 tea spoon dhaniya powder

1 tea spoon turmeric

½ tea spoon red chili

½ tea spoon amchur

1 green chili finely chopped

10 gm grated ginger

2-3 flakes of crushed garlic

salt to taste

Kadhi:

1 tea spoon fenugreek seeds

1 bay leaf

2-3 whole red chilies

1/ teaspoon black mustard seeds

1/2 cup besan

1 tea spoon amchur powder

1 table spoon mustard oil

Water

Salt to taste

Method:

To prepare the kadhi, put one table spoon of mustard oil in a kadhai. Once it’s heated add the bay leaf, mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds. Once it starts spluttering add the red chili and amchur powder. Then add besan and water and keep stirring the kadhi. Keep it on medium flame and let it cook for the next 10 minutes.

For Pakora put all the above ingredients in the Urad dal batter. Make small balls and deep fry them. Once they turn slight golden brown remove them from oil and put it in the Kadhi. Garnish this Kadhi with freshly chopped coriander leaves.

Kadhi tastes best with Rice.