Takachi Kadhi( A butter Milk Soup)

Weekend would take a toll on me! This weekend was very hectic with unending clothes in the Washing Machine, cleaning, moping on one side and managing my sweet chikoo, the BIGGEST TASK!!

And by lunch time I was totally exhausted. And was not in a mood of preparing a full meal. One glance in my fridge...saw lot of left over Curd and decided to make Kadhi!!

My brother and I used to enjoy steamed rice with Takachi Kadhi a lot in our school days!!  Kadhi is prepared very often in Maharashtrian and Gujrathi families! Posting below a recipe for Takachi Kadhi- A hot butter milk soup!!

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Servings : 4

Ingredients:

Butter Milk:  2 cups (Thick and sour)

Besan(Gram Flour) -  2 tblspoons

Ghee - 1 tablespoon

Asafetida - a pinch

Turmeric : a pinch (optional)

GreenChillies -  3  slit length wise

Curry leaves-8

Salt

Grind to Paste:

1/2" Ginger

2  cloves of garlic

1 teaspoon Zeera(cumin)

1/2 tea spoon Pepper(meere)

Process:

1) Mix Besan, salt and the above paste in butter milk and whisk till no lumps are formed. (One thing to note is that salt has to be added to butter milk either before seasoning it or after removing it from flame).

2) For seasoning, heat ghee in a kadai and add Zeera.Wait till it turns light brown, then add asafetida, curry leaves, green chillies

3) Simmer the gas and add the butter milk mixture...Add water and adjust the consistency.

4) Let the Kadhi boil for 5 -7 minutes. Remove from heat adjust salt and serve it with steamed rice!!

You can also add Vegetables like snake gourd (cut into small round shaped pieces), drumsticks to the tamper and cook it in the kadhi till they become soft!

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