This is a traditional Gujrati recipe. It is very easy to prepare and very healthy too.
RECIPE FOR DPAKA KADHI
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves from 4 to 6
INGREDIENTS
FOR THE KADHI
2 tablespoons Bengal gram flour (besan)
2 cups fresh curd
1 teaspoon ginger-green chili paste
2 curry leaves
2 teaspoons of sugar
2 tablespoons chopped coriander
Salt to taste
FOR THE TEMPERED
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
A pinch of asafetida (hing)
1 red chili, broken into pieces
2 teaspoons of butter
FOR THE DAPKA
1 cup broken yellow gram (Yellow moong dal)
1 tablespoon of oil
1 tablespoon green chili – ginger paste
1/2 teaspoon sugar
A pinch of baking soda
Salt to taste
Let’s see the recipe of Dapka Kadhi!
The ingredients to make this are whipped curd, curry leaves, mustard seeds, finely chopped coriander leaves, asafetida, a little baking soda, ginger chili paste, sugar to taste, and dried red chilies.
Then we have, clarified butter and oil.
We got Bengal gram flour, and we also got broken yellow gram, which we had already prepared (cooked).
We will also need some cumin seeds and red chili powder.
TEMPERED:
First we will put a little oil in a pan and also add a little clarified butter.
We will proceed with the spices when the butter is heated. In the meantime, let’s create the Dapka Mix.
DAPKA MIX
Take cooked split yellow grams in a bowl.
Then add the ginger-garlic paste and salt to taste.
Put a little sugar and soda.
We have to beat this mixture well.
TEMPERED:
Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds to the pan after it heats up.
Add curry leaves and dried red chili after the mustard seeds pop.
CURD MIX:
Next, we need to mix the Bengal gram flour with the curd.
TEMPERED:
Add some safetida in the pan.
For the curd mixture in the pan.
Add a little water.
We have to cook it until it thickens.
MAKING THE DAPKA
We need to make small lumps of cooked yellow grams and dip them into the mixture in the pan.
We need to serve it when it is cooked through and the lumps rise to the top.
The yellow gram lumps are called dapkas. These have been cooked and risen to the surface, and this indicates that our recipe is ready.
Sprinkle coriander leaves and then serve.
Serve it together with rice and a piece of papad (lentil wafer).