Rajasthani “Buttermilk” Curry

This is one of the family of buttermilk curries found in the northwestern parts of India, places where dairy products such as yogurt and buttermilk play a large role in the kitchen. I learned the curry from Pushpa, who comes from a small village near Barmer in the desert of Rajasthan but lives most of the year in the city of Udaipur, where her husband, Indra, works.

The curry is beautiful, with strands of scallion and bits of green chile floating in the pale yellow broth. Traditiona