Kadhi

Ingredients for kadhi :
Curd or yogurt - 1 cup or 100 gms (  sour curd )
Besan or split Chickpea  flour - 1/2 cup or 50 gms ,
Hing - a pinch ,
Turmeric pwd -1/2 tsp ,
Salt to taste - 
Water - 3 glass or 750 ml .

Ingredients for pakoris :
Besan or gram flour - 115 gms ,
Turmeric pwd -1/2 tsp ,
Red chilli pwd - 1/4 tsp ,
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp ,
Coriander pwd - 1 tsp ,
Ajwain or carom seeds 1/2 tsp ,
or 
Cumin seeds - 1tsp.

Ingredients for tempering :
Ghee -2 tsp ,
Cumin seeds -1tsp ,
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp ,
Hing - a pinch ,
Dried red chilli -1 ,
Kadhi or curry patha -5 or 6 ,
Red chilli pwd - 1/2 tsp .
Method :


Make batter with the above pakora ingredients adding  little water  ( 100 ml or little more ).Thick consistency  . Not too thick and not too light .You will have to beat till light otherwise the pakoras will be hard .It will take only  few minutes .
( the test if batter is ready or not is , if you drop  a drop of batter  in a glass of water the  batter drop will float and not sink at the bottom .
Fry them in hot oil and keep aside .

Take a deep pan or skillet and add the ingredients of  kadhi .Put sour curd ,besan  ,haldi and hing and mix with little water and then gradually add the remaining water . Make sure  there are no lumps . 

Put on heat  .
Raise the heat . Keep stirring so that the besan or gram flour does not stick to the bottom .
As it reaches the boiling temperature ,lower the heat and keep stirring  .Add salt .

Leave for 1/2 hour .Stir in between .
The kadhi will gradually thicken .Now add the pakoras and stir on low heat .

Leave for 5 minutes on simmer .Taste salt

Close the gas .Pour the  kadhi  in  a bowl.


Heat oil in another small pan for tempering .
As oil heats up ,lower the heat and add  hing ,cumin seeds ,mustard seeds , dried red chilli and kadhi patha .
As cumin and mustard crackle ,close the gas and add red chilli pwd .mix .

Pour the tempering on the kadhi .
Enjoy kadhi with hot plain rice and pappad .