Kadi

No. of servings:  6-8
Preparation Time:  10 mins	Cook Time:  45 mins

This delectable entree made with any vegetable is wonderful comfort food.  There is nothing like a bowl of warm Kadi on a cold evening!  Can be eaten with rice or roti or just as itself.

Ingredients:

• Any non-watery vegetables/greens (spinach or long gourd or bell peppers or watermelon rind (white part)) - 2 cups
• Yogurt - 3 cups
• Besan (gram flour) - 1.5 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Asafoetida - 2 pinches
• Black pepper - 1 tsp
• Turmeric - 0.5 tsp
• Green chili paste - 1 tsp
• Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsp
• Onions - 1 large (finely chopped or in rings)
• Kasoori methi - 1 tsp
• Salt

Method:

• Whisk besan with adequate water without lumps
• Add it to all the yogurt being used
• Make it thin with adequate water and set aside
• In a large pot, season mustard seeds, asafoetida, ginger-garlic, turmeric, black pepper, green chili paste and methi seeds ('Saute' mode in IP)
• Immediately (after adding methi seeds) add onions and kasoori methi
• Saute till the onions cook and add the preferred vegetable
• Cook until done
• Slowly add the yogurt mixture to this, along with stirring
• Stir every now and then to avoid lumps
• After it starts to thicken, simmer and cook on low flame for a long time (20-15 mins) until the raw smell of besan goes away completely ('Soup' mode in IP) 
• Add salt and cook for a couple more minutes and garnish with chopped coriander leaves
• Serve hot with jeera rice or roti
• Season two cloves of minced garlic in ghee and roast well.  Add this seasoning to the kadi next day and heat it well.  Kadi tastes even better the next day!  

Tips and Tricks:

• A wire whisk (egg beater) works best to mix the besan in water and yogurt without any lumps
• Be sure to mix ALL the yogurt being used with besan.  This ensures yogurt from separating while cooking
• Remember to add onions immediately after adding the methi seeds or the seeds will turn bitter 
• Use veggies that don't leach water like cucumbers, etc.

Pictures: 

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Final Outcome:

    With Long Squash

 

    With Paalak (Spinach)