North indian - anyone got recipe for kadhi, pinnis please?!
North indian - anyone got recipe for kadhi, pinnis please?
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2 days ago
SONIA L : u obviously havn't tried proper pinnis they r yummy. khadi is so popular with indian families specially punjabi, may be u should try it. i am sure u will like it!
8 hours ago
i have only known 'kadhi' as 'kadhi' since i was little. i didn't know it was known by all those names too. thanks Mangal
Answers:
PINNIS:
Ingredients:
1 kg wheat flour
? kg ghee
1 kg sugar
? kg slivered almonds and pistachios
100 gm gondh
? cup milk
Cardamom powder
Method:
Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a saucepan and add the gondh – it will expand. In another pan, heat the remaining ghee on low flame. Add the wheat flour to it spoon by spoon stirring continuously. Keep roasting till pink and aromatic. Add the gondh and mix well. Now mix in the gondh, pistachios, almonds, sugar and cardamom powder. Turn off the heat and make the pinnis when it is still hot. Take a small portion of the mixture, sprinkle a few drops of milk on it and make into a ball, then elongate it by pressing your wrist. Do the same till the entire mixture is used up. Store in airtight boxes.
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PUNJABI KADHI recipe
1 cup Gram flour
1/4 cup Chopped onion
1/4 cup Chopped potato
1 tsp Ajwain.
1 tsp Red chili powder.
1 tsp Chopped ginger.
1/2 tsp Baking powder.
Oil for deep frying
Salt As per taste
1 cup Kadhi Curd (yogurt)
1/4 cup Gram flour
2 no. Dry red chili whole
1 tsp Turmeric powder.
A pinch Asafetida
1 tsp Fenugreek seeds.
2 tbsp Oil.
Salt As per taste
Preparation:
Mix all pakora ingredients except oil and add about ? cup of water. Mix well. Heat oil in a Kadhai and deep fry vegetable and gram flour mixture after making into small balls. Fry till pakoras are golden brown.
Beat Curd/Yogurt and mix gram flour in it. Blend thoroughly so as to ensure that there are no lumps. Add turmeric powder, salt and 3 cups of water.
Heat oil in a Kadhai. Add fenugreek seeds and dry red chili. Stir fry for half minute. Add Gram flour and Yogurt mixture. Bring it to a boil and simmer on a slow fire for about 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Add red chili powder and fried pakoras and again simmer the punjabi kadi for about 5 minutes. Serve punjabi kadhi hot with steamed rice.