Kadhi Chawal

    Khadi Chawal                                                                       

Kadhi Chawal is a comfort food prepared  with very less oil and spice. This meal is easy- to- eat and easy - on - stomach.


Ingredients:
For kadhi:
3 table spoon of gram flour (Besan)
4 cups sour yogurt (curd)
3 green chilies
1 inch ginger
1 big onion
4 pods of garlic
1/ tea spoon haldi
2 strands curry leaves
1 tea spoon ghee or oil
1 tea spoon jeera.
1 dry red chili
1 table spoon finely chopped coriander leaves
Salt to taste
For pokoda:
4 table spoon of gram flour (Besan)
1/2 tea  spoon cooking soda
1 table spoon finely chopped  onion
1 table spoon finely chopped coriander leaves
1/2 tea spoon garam masala
1/2 tea spoon red chili powder
salt to taste
Oil for frying pakodas
For Rice:
2 cups basmati rice.
1 tea spoon oil

Preparation:
For Rice:
1. Wash and soak rice for one hour
2. To the rice add  2 cups of water, oil and pressure cook for three whistle.
For pakoda: 
1. Mix all the ingredients well adding required amount water and bring it to the consistency of pakoda batter.
2.  Beat the batter well with a spoon  stirring in one direction. This will make the pokodas soft
3. Fry small pakodas in oil till light brown in colour.
4. Rest the fried pakodas on any absorbent paper.
For Khadi
1. Finely chop the onion
2. Grind together green chilies, garlic and ginger to a fine paste
3. Mix the basan , curd, haldi and the ground masala with out any lumps.
4. Heat ghee or oil in a pan ,add cumin seeds, broken red chili and curry leaves.
5. When cumin turns light brown add the chopped onions and saute till onions become transparent.
6. To this add the besan ,curd, ground masala mixture and stir well.
7. Let it cook on a low flame.
8. Add salt.
9. Add the fried pakodas and cook covered for a minute.
10. Garnish with coriander leaves
11. Serve hot with rice.