Khadhi

Recipe kindly provided by Pratibha Mehta

Ingredients:

• 1 400g tin coconut milk (or soya milk, for a healthier version)
• 1 tin water
• 1 tablespoon gram flour (channa no lot / chickpea flour)
• 1 teaspoon corn flour
• Juice of 2 limes
• Salt (to taste)
• Turmeric
• Coriander leaves
• Green chillis, finely chopped
• Ginger, finely chopped (optional, leave out if Jain)
• For vaghar:
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil,
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  • Quarter tsp mustard seeds (rai)
  • 1-2 cloves
  • 1 piece of cinnamon
  • Curry leaves (optional)

Method:

1. Mix together coconut milk, gram flour and corn flour.
2. Do the vaghar by heating oil in a saucepan and adding other vaghar ingredients.
3. Add the coconut milk/flour mixture to the pan and all the other ingredients.
4. Keep stirring and bring to the boil.

Note:  The soya milk version may require a little more gram flour.

 

Khichdi

Recipe kindly provided by Ranjanben Chandaria

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rice
• 1 cup moong dal
• 5 cups water
• 2 tsp salt
• Half tsp turmeric

Method:

1. Cook all the ingredients in a pressure cooker.
2. Serve with kadhi

 

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