This dish is on my mind for quite a long time..I have made it before, but didn't take pictures.. I love kadi pakora so much..They are so delicious..Finally i made it today and it turned out just yummy as it is normally.
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The main thing you have to remember is to use sour yogurt for this. Sour yogurt makes this so tasty and gives that sour note..
Cooking Time : 45 to 50 mins
Serves: 4
For Pakora:
Gram Flour / Besan / Kadalai Mavu - 1 cup
Onion - 1 medium size chopped finely
Potatoes - 1 medium size peeled and chopped finely
Green Chillies - 1 chopped finely
Coriander Leaves - a handful finely chopped
Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Baking Soda / Cooking Soda - 1 tsp
Water - ¼ cup
Oil for Deep Frying
For Kadhi:
Oil - 2 tblspn
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Fenugreek Seeds / Methi / Vendayam - ½ tsp
Dry Red Chilli -2 broken into small pieces
Ginger - 1 tblspn finely chopped
Green Chillies - 1 chopped finely
Sour Yogurt - 1.5 cup
Gram Flour / Besan / Kadalai Mavu - 1.5 tblspn
Water - 1.5 cup
Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Coriander Leaves a handful finely chopped
Method:
Take all ingredients for pakora and mix well. Heat oil for deep frying, drop pakora in and fry till golden. Drain and set aside.
Now take yogurt, gram flour, salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder in a bowl and whisk well. Now add in water and make it thin.
Now heat oil in a kadai, add in mustard, cumin, fenugreek seeds. Sizzle for a min.
Now add in dry red chillies, ginger and chillies and saute for a min.,
Add in the kadhi mix in and bring it to a boil. Once it boils, simmer it for 5 mins.
Now add in pakora and simmer for another 5 mins,.
Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
Serve.
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| Take all your ingredients for pakora |
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| Take gram flour in a bowl |
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| add in chilli powder, salt, cooking soda |
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| add in onions and chillies |
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| add in coriander leaves and potatoes |
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| mix well |
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| slowly add water and make it to a thick mixture |
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| Now it is done |
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| Heat oil for deep frying |
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| Take spoonful of batter |
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| Pour it in and fry till golden |
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| flip over and Deep fry till golden |
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| drain them and set aside..BTW these taste fantastic on its own |
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| Now take your ingredients for kadhi |
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| The yogurt has to be sour |
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| Add in gram flour |
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| Whisk till no lumps are formed |
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| Add in salt, chilli powder |
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| Add in turmeric powder |
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| Add little more water |
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| Whisk well till smooth |
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| Now heat oil in a pan.. |
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| add in mustard, cumin and fenugreek |
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| let them sizzle for a min |
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| add in dry chillies |
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| add in ginger and chillies |
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| Mix well |
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| pour the gram flour yogurt mix in |
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| Keep mixing |
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| Mix well |
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| Now i switched it to a whisk |
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| Bring it to a boil |
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| Simmer for 5 more mins |
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| Add pakora in |
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| let it simmer for 5 to 7 mins |
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| Now it is almost done |
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| add in coriander leaves |
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| Mix well |
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| Serve |
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| This taste great with hot steamed rice.. |
SK
One of my top two Indian dishes EVER! Thank you for posting this... I can't wait to try it! (In the meantime, I took a small bite of my monitor and now must visit the dentist.)
;o)
Aishwarya
The potato for the pakora should be boiled before , right ?
Aarthi
No it is raw