Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Gujarati Kichadi With Kadhi

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Gujarati cuisine is termed as "the haute cuisine of vegetarianism". I love gujarati cuisine but never prepared at home so I wanted to start with a very simple n delicious combo. I choose gujarathi kichadi and kadhi.

Gujarati kichadi is rice & lentil cooked in a porridge style and kadhi is a yogurt based soup that goes well with it ..It had a soothing unique flavor n also a complete meal by itself.

Gujarati Kichadi

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup rice
  • 1 cup mung dal
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp chopped ginger
  • pinch of hing
  • 1 inch cinnamon stick
  • 1/2 tsp whole black pepper
  • 2 green chilli
  • 2 tbsp clarified butter
  • 6 cups water
  • salt to taste
Cooking Procedure:

Soak rice n dal together for 15 min. Boil the six cups water in a deep bottom pan.

Heat ghee in a pan, add cumin seeds,cinnamon stick n black pepper fry for a min then add hing, chopped green chilli, ginger fry for 30 sec. Add soaked rice n dal stir for 1 min.

Now shift all the above mixture to the boiling water,add salt n turmeric powder n cook on a medium flame, stir occasionally till the rice is cooked.

Gujarati Kadhi

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Ingredients
  • 2 cups plain yogurt
  • 3 cups water
  • 3 tbsp chickpea flour
  • 1 tsp chopped ginger
  • 2 chopped green chilli
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
For tempering
  • 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 dry red chilli
  • 2 tbsp coriander/cilantro leaves
  • 1 spring curry leaves
  • 1 tsp oil
  • salt to taste
Cooking Procedure:

Take a deep bottom pan n mix all the ingredients except tempering to a smooth paste n heat on medium flame till it boils.

Prepare the tempering with 1 tsp oil in a frying pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and fry till it splutter.Then add red chilli,curry leaf n fry for 30 sec. Add this tempering to the above mixture n let it cook on medium flame for ten min.Add salt to taste n chopped cilantro.

Serve hot with kichadi.
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Tags: Gujarati Cuisine, Gujarati kichadi, gujarati kadhi

48 comments:

kitchen flavours said...

Never tried gujarati cuisine before. Looks very special!

Elaichii said...

I love Gujju Cuiisne! The sweet, spicy flavors are amazing! Your Khichdi and kadhi looks so yummy that I cud eat that whole platter!

Hamsi said...

Wonderful recipe. I love Kadhi.

Unknown said...

New Kitchdi dish to me...but any kitchdi is such a comfort food!!...love it!

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

love to have for today s breakfast...yummy color..

Tasty Appetite

Daisy Roshan said...

Kichadi and Kadhi is superb...would love to try..

Sushma Mallya said...

Very comforting food, love the kadi too...

Suji said...

Both khadi n Kichadi looks so so good..

aipi said...

Khichdi kadhi is the timeless classic! very nicely done n presented Satya!

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Sulagna said...

Sooo yummy..Thanks for the recipes dear..

Best Regards
Sulagna
http://e-senseofspicenfragrance-sulagna.blogspot.com/

chitra said...

Khichadi is our like Pongal. But would like to make Kadhi as I haven't prepared it yet.

Uma said...

light and healthy combo !

Joanne said...

It's always amazing to me how diverse India is in terms of it's cooking. This looks like one tasty dish!

Satrupa said...

I luv khichdi ..... it was my everyday meal till I was single :)

Khichdi n Kadi combo looks gr8

sanjeeta kk said...

Comfort food for any day!

Unknown said...

Hi Satya,

Another hit from you today!

Dr.Sameena@

www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com
www.lovelypriyanka.blogspot.com

Sreelekha Sumesh said...

wonderful recipe:so yummy combo!

chef and her kitchen said...

I love this famous combo..infact I love everything in gujrati cuisine..

Akanksha said...

yummy and complete meal...kadhi goes well with khichadi

Jaisy James said...

nice recipe

chaitrali pathak said...

wow...wat an entry....very healthy and my all time fav...lovely..yum yum

My Kitchen Antics said...

The kadhi is something similar to what we make down south except we dont add chickpea flour which is an interesting twist and im dying 2 try it out next time

Nandinis food said...

An appetizing Gujarati meal! So lovely! Slurp! Very hungry now!

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Simply Life said...

oh wow, that looks great!

Priya Srinivasan - I Camp in My Kitchen said...

Great Combo!!! Khichdi and Kadhi looks great!!!!

Latha said...

Lovely combo...

Treat and Trick said...

Great combo and looks great dear..

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Anu said...

Gujarat kichidi looks so yummy...we too do this in our place..we call it as pongal in Andhra..

Anonymous said...

Great recipe. I'll add it to my growing list of things to make. Sigh.

R. Ramesh said...

satya..super tips koduthingo about onion cutting..thanks ya...

Torviewtoronto said...

thank you for linking this delicious rice
yummy combination

Lakshmi ...Rasoi ki Malkin..northern and southern spices said...

Lovely khichdi with a good combo khadi,its great sathya.The clicks too are awesome..

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Khichdi looks so healthy and tasty that I can eat the entire quantity. Kadi has complimented very well as well. Great Going.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Krishnaveni said...

beautifully presented recipe, looks great sathya

Arti said...

This is one of my favorite Gujarati dishes...
Its Yummy..........

Swati Sapna said...

lovely pics satya! and both dishes sound gorgeous :)

Nivedita Thadani said...

HI Sathya,
Same pinch!
hehehe!!
World is small, even the blog world too.
Lets see what we will post same together.

Swathi said...

Kichadi and kadhi looks delicious.

Santosh Bangar said...

amazingt combo is looking very beautiful curru i like in any form ana gujrati curry wonderful abhi khane ko man kar raha hae kya kare

Vikis Kitchen said...

Wow! you make so many varieties of food dear. Gujarat cuisines are awesome. Kichadi and kadi seems a nice combo. Must be very satisfying as a brunch too.

Unknown said...

I am not a big fan of kadhi but I love khichdi and I was on the search for its recipe!! Thanks for sharing, Sathya...Loved the first pic..

SpicyTasty said...

Looks so good and yummy...

Nandita SS said...

Hi Satya,
Thanks for your lovely comments on my space. The rice and Kadhi looks great. I can only imagine how it would have tasted.

Sangi said...

thats a simple to make n healthy combo.. will try it..

sonu said...

simply luv this combo ..looks fantastic dear..perfect for all the events !

Raks said...

Wow wat a combo! Yummy!! Lovely click too!

swapna said...

Loved the combo...Yummy

Unknown said...

kadi with kichadi is very interesting, and addition of hing am gonna try time i make kichadi :)

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