North Indian Kadi Pakoda In Besan Curry
By: Mythreyi Dilip
Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 11:48pm

Ingredients




Ingredients For Pakoda( Pakora)-
gram Besan flour/  flour-½cup
Rice flour and Maida flour-2tbsp
Spinach chopped-1cup
medium Onion  chopped-1
Green chilly chopped-1
Ajwain/Carom/Omam-1/2tsp
Chilly powder-1tsp
Salt to taste
Baking powder-pinch(optional)
Water required
Oil to deep fry
For Kadi( Kadhi)-
gram Besan flour/  flour-¼cup
Curd beaten-1cup
Dry red chili whole-2
Turmeric powder-1tsp
Chilly powder-1tsp
Asafetida-pinch
Jeera seeds-1tsp
Oil-4tbsp
Salt to taste

Preparation

1 Mix all pakora ingredients (except oil) in a bowl, mix well to make very thick mixture.Heat oil in a Kadai and drop spoon full of mixture (about 5-6 pakoras at a time). Fry till pakoras are golden brown. In a deep bowl mix well both Besan and curd to a smooth texture without lumps. Add turmeric powder, chilly powder, salt and enough water. Heat oil in a pan. Add jeera seeds and red chilly. When jeera crackles add the Besan mixture. Bring to boil and simmer for 10 mins. Keep stirring so that Besan doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan.Add the fried pakoras to the Kadi. Serve hot with Steamed Rice