Spicy Yogurt Sauce with Ginger

Pachadis from South India are not to be confused with raitas from North India. While both dishes have yogurt as a base, in a pachadi the yogurt is either warmed slightly at the end, or it is beaten into the cooked ingredients right as they come off the flame. Pachadis are a kind of cross between a sauce and a salad.

We like this pachadi, with its strong flavors of ginger and coconut, almost more the second day, as the coconut recedes just a bit and