North Indian
Kadhi Pakora (Yogurt Curry with Fritters)
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Kadhi Pakora (Yogurt Curry with Fritters) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the protein alongside. 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 1 cup besan with the chopped onion, green chilies, a little salt, and enough water into a thick batter, then drop spoonfuls into hot oil and fry the pakoras until golden. Set them aside.
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Whisk the yogurt with 3/4 cup besan, turmeric, red chili powder, salt, and the water until smooth with no lumps.
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Heat 3 tbsp oil in a pot and let the cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, hing, curry leaves, and dried red chilies sizzle.
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Pour in the yogurt mixture and bring it to a gentle boil, stirring constantly so it does not split, then simmer on low for 25 minutes until thickened.
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Slip in the fried pakoras, simmer for 5 more minutes, and serve.
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Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kadhi Pakora (Yogurt Curry with Fritters), 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. Kadhi Pakora (Yogurt Curry with Fritters) 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 | Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils) |
| 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
- 450 kcal
- Protein
- 16 g
- Carbs
- 39 g
- Fat
- 26 g
- Fiber
- 6 g
- Sugar
- 6 g
- Sodium
- 630 mg
- Saturated fat
- 5 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Kadhi Pakora (Yogurt Curry with Fritters) takes about 50 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. 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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