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Gujarati dapka kadhi recipe | tuvar dal khichdi recipe | papad churi recipe | how to make kadhi and khichdi

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Meal
Cuisine Gujarati, Indian
Servings 4

Ingredients
 

For dapka kadhi

    For kadhi

    • 1 cup sour curd
    • 2 tbsp gram flour - besan
    • ½ tsp ginge paste
    • 1 tbsp green chilli paste
    • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
    • 1 tbsp sugar
    • Salt to taste
    • 3 cup water
    • 1 tbsp oil
    • ½ tsp mustard seeds
    • ½ tsp cumin seeds
    • 1 inch cinnemon
    • 3 cloves
    • ¼ tsp methi dana
    • Pinch of hing
    • 8-10 curry leaves
    • 1 tsp kasuri methi
    • Some coriander leaves

    For dapka (dumpling)

    • ½ cup besan - gram flour
    • ½ cup chopped coriander leaves
    • ½ tsp ginger paste
    • 2 chopped green chilli
    • Salt to taste
    • ¼ tsp red chilli powder
    • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
    • Pinch of hing
    • 1/8 tsp baking soda
    • 1 tsp lemon juice
    • ½ tsp sugar
    • 1 tsp oil
    • 2 tbsp water or as required

    For tempering

    • 1 tbsp ghee
    • Pinch of jeera
    • 2 dry red chilli
    • ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder

    For tuvar dal khichdi

    • 1 cup small grain rice
    • 1 cup tuvar dal
    • 1 tbsp ghee
    • 1 tsp cumin seeds
    • 2 cloves
    • 4-5 black pepper
    • 1 inch cinnemon
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 2 cardamoms
    • 2 dry red chilli
    • 3 cup hot water
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 tsp ghee

    For papad churi

    • 4-5 roasted papad
    • ¼ cup chopped tomatoes
    • ¼ cup chopped onion
    • ½ tsp red chilli powder
    • ½ tsp jeera powder
    • ½ tsp chaat masala
    • 1 chopped green chilli
    • Some coriander leaves
    • 1 tsp lemon juice
    • 1 tsp oil
    • Garnish with coriander leaves and sev

    Instructions

    Making dapka kadhi

    • In a bowl, add curd, besan, ginger paste, green chili paste, turmeric powder, sugar, and salt, and mix well.
    • Add 3 cups of water and mix well. Kadhi mixture is ready.
    • Now in a pan, add ghee, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, cinnamon, cloves, methi dana, thing, and some curry leaves. sauté it.
    • Add kadhi mixture into pan and stir continuously till mixture starts to boil.
    • Keep flame on medium-low and boil kadhi for 5-7 minutes.
    • Meanwhile, in a dish add ½ cup besan, coriander leaves, ginger paste, green chili pieces, salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder, hing, baking soda, lemon juice, sugar, and oil.
    • Add water gradually and bind the mixture. Now add 2-3 drops of water and rub the mixture with your hand. This process helps to make soft dapka.
    • Now grease your hand with oil and make small size dapka.
    • Then add dapka into the boiling mixture of kadhi and mix well.
    • Cover and cook on a medium flame for 5 minutes. so dapka cook properly and also become soft and double in size.
    • Add kasuri methi and mix well.
    • Now for tempering, in a pan, add ghee, jeera, and dry red chili. Switch off the gas and add red chili powder to it.
    • Then add tempering into the kadhi mixture and garnish with some coriander leaves.
    • Dapka kadhi is ready to serve with khichdi.

    Making tuvar dal khichdi

    • Wash dal and rice under running cold water till water runs clear.
    • Add slightly hot water and soak dal and rice for 20 minutes.
    • Remove water for soaked dal and rice. Keep it aside.
    • Now in a pressure cooker, add ghee, cumin seeds, cloves, black pepper, cinnamon, bay leaf, green cardamom, and dry red chili. Sauté it.
    • Then add soaked dal and rice. Sauté it for 2 minutes.
    • Now add 3 cups of hot water, ghee, and salt. mix well.
    • Cover the pressure cooker lid, Cook for 3-4 whistles on medium-low heat.
    • When the pressure cooker releases its pressure naturally, then open the lid and serve khichdi with papad and dahi.

    Making Papad churi

    • Now in a mixing bowl, add roasted papad pieces, chopped onion, chopped tomatoes, some coriander leaves, red chili powder, jeera powder, chaat masala, chopped green chili, lemon juice, and oil. Mix well.
    • Papad churi is ready. Garnish with coriander leaves and sev.

    Notes

    For kadhi
    • use sour curd to make kadhi mixture.
    • do not add more gram flour (besan) to kadhi mixture.
    • take 3 cups of water with 1 cup of curd.
    • stir continuously after adding the kadhi mixture into the pan. 
    • cook kadhi mixture on medium flame, so besan cook properly. Do not cook it on high flame.
    • to make soft dapka, rub the dough till it changes its color.
    for khichdi
    • proportion of rice and dal should be equal.
    • soak the khichdi mixture in slightly hot water to fasten its cooking process.
    • Khichdi tastes great when it is served hot.