Have been planning to make Kadhi in Instant Pot for a while now..Whenever I ask Mr.S ‘Shall I make Kadhi today?’ his reaction will be ‘adhuku nee morkuzhambe panniden’ 🤷😝 He always prefers regular SouthIndian food but then me being ME will anyways put together different combos for lunch instead of the usual Sambar/Rasam/Kalandha Sadham atleast once a week. Yesterday I made these delicious Kadhi Pakoras and to my surprise he licked off the plate clean..The little one loved the baked pakoras so much and she ate it with Parupu & Rasam 😋😋
You can fry the pakoras too instead of baking. I used onions,grated cabbage,carrots,capsicum for making the pakoras. You can add spinach or even make the simple plain Pakoras with Gram flour. If you don’t have an Instant Pot, you can prepare the Kadhi on stove top too.. Follow the same given recipe just make sure you keep an eye when the Kadhi is boiling. Keep the flame very low so that the yogurt curry doesn’t split.
I truly wish I had Curry Leaves.It definitely would have enhanced the flavor of Kadhi..I haven’t mentioned under ingredients list.However please do generous dose of Curry Leaves while preparing Tadka.
| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 35 minutes |
| Servings |
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- 2 Onions
- 1/4 cup Grated Carrots
- 1/4 cup Grated Cabbage
- 1/4 cup Finely Chopped Capsicum
- 1/2 tsp Grated Ginger
- 2 cups gram flour
- 1/2 cup rice flour
- 4 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Hing
- 1/2 cup gram flour
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1 dried red chilli
- 1 tsp Grated Ginger
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp Jeera Seeds
- 1 tsp Fenugreek Seeds
- 1 tsp Hing
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp Oil
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- Few Coriander Leaves
- 4 cups water
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- Few Coriander Leaves
- 4 cups water
Ingredients
Ingredients for Pakoras
Ingredients for Kadhi
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- Warm 3 tbsp oil in a tadka pan
- In a wide bowl add Onions, chopped veggies,salt,hing and Red Chilli Powder
- Add this warm oil and mix everything together
- Do not add water
- Make small balls of the mixture. If your hands become sticky inbetween apply some oil in your palms and continue shaping them
- Arrange them on a baking tray
- Preheat oven to 200c and bake for 22 minutes
- At around 10-12 minutes turn the sides of the pakoras so that all the sides are evenly cooked
- The timings vary depending on the oven. So kindly keep checking to ensure Pakoras are baked well
- Baked Pakoras are ready 🙂 These can be served as an evening snack too. Kids will love it.
- In a wide bowl add Gram Flour, Yogurt, Turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder and Grated Ginger
- Add 2.5 cups of water and mix them well. Use a wire whisk and make sure there aren't any lumps
- Turn on 'Saute' mode in Instant Pot
- Add oil
- Add Mustard Seeds, Urad Dal, Fenugreek Seeds,Jeera Seeds and Dried Red Chilli. Here is where you add curry leaves if you have
- Once the oil becomes hot they will start to splutter
- Add the Gram Flour + Yogurt mixture
- Add salt, hing,Garam Masala Powder and Coriander Leaves
- Mix everything well
- Add 1/2 cup water again and turn on 'Pressure Cook' mode
- Make sure 'Keep warm' is turned off and set the timer to '6'
- Let it get cooked..Once the timer goes off wait for a minute or two
- Release the pressure manually
- Kadhi will look like the below picture. Based on your preferred consistency add extra water and adjust salt
- Garnish with Coriander Leaves and add pakoras before serving
