West Indian
Gujarati Kadhi (Sweet Besan-Buttermilk Curry)
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Gujarati Kadhi (Sweet Besan-Buttermilk Curry) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre, the protein alongside, and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Whisk the curd smooth with the water and besan until no lumps remain.
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Pour the mixture into a pot and bring it to a gentle boil over medium heat, stirring often so it doesn't curdle or catch at the bottom.
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Stir in the ginger-green chili paste, jaggery, and salt, then simmer for 12 to 15 minutes until it thickens slightly and the raw besan smell is gone.
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Heat the ghee in a small pan and add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon, and dried red chilies.
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Once they sizzle, add the curry leaves, then pour the tempering over the simmering kadhi.
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Finish with cilantro and serve hot, classically ladled over khichdi.
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Serve it with
A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Gujarati Kadhi (Sweet Besan-Buttermilk Curry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Gujarati Kadhi (Sweet Besan-Buttermilk Curry) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Aamti (Goda-Masala Spiced Dal) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 160 kcal
- Protein
- 5 g
- Carbs
- 15 g
- Fat
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 580 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Gujarati Kadhi (Sweet Besan-Buttermilk Curry) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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