Name: Thickened and seasoned yogurt
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 2.5 ml/½ tsp cumin seeds; 2.5 cm/1 in piece cinnamon stick; 4 cloves; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp salt, or to taste; 15 ml/1 tbsp sunflower oil or light olive oil; 10 ml/2 tsp finely grated fresh root ginger; 15 ml/1 tbsp fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, chopped, plus extra, to garnish; 500 g/1¼lb/2 ¼ cups full-fat (whole) natural (plain) yogurt; 25 g/1oz/¼ cup gram flour (besan); 40 g/1 ½ oz/3 tbsp soft dark brown sugar; 1.25 ml/¼ tsp asafoetida; 6–8 curry leaves

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

Kadhi is the traditional partner for khichdi and there are many types of both dishes around India. This version, Meethi Kadhi, with a slightly sweet and sour taste, is the most popular. Traditionally, palm sugar is used, but soft dark brown sugar is substituted in this recipe.