Kadhi chawal is a dish which looks exotic and tastes great. There are many types of kadhi in India according to the region. Gujarati kadhi is slightly sweet as it has little sugar in it. Punjabi kadhi is the good old pakoda kadhi. It is sour and made with besan yogurt mixture. Sindhi style kadhi on the other hand is a healthy Indian kadhi. It has all the good veggies which kids may not eat. You can make this one pot meal for an entire clan of fussy relatives. They may have different tastes but wipe out even the last drop of the dish. Sindhi toor dal kadhi is a non gram flour version of actual kadhi. You can make it when in the same manner as besan wali kadhi.
Serve this delicious recipe with some sweet boondi or motichoor laddoo. Add in some crisp chips and fried papad along with fried aloo (potato) & (taro) arbi tuk/fried chips. This is a wholesome meal and usually made for Sunday lunch. However, you can make it any day. Generally left over kadhi thickens and tastes amazing. We then have it with hot chapati instead of rice. Other sindhi recipes include Dal pakwan, Onion koki , sindhi kadhi, bhuga chawar, sindhi chauthe, sindhi besani ,sindhi tairi ,sindhi papad , sindhi sai bhaji.
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Arhar dal or tuvar dal recipes are very simple and healthy. Its rich in protein too. Usually you will see a dal tadka or a dal palak made with toovar dal. This Sindhi toor dal recipe is full of flavor. You can also call it a cousin of south Indian sambhar rice. However, dal Kadhi recipe has lesser spices to Sambhar, which specifically has many spices and chillies in its spice mix. It is by far milder with respect to red chilly and also khada masala content. You can cook this dish fast and it serves as a main meal.
Ingredients
- Vegetables: Okra, peas, tomato puree, potato and drum sticks/moringa.
- Spices: Turmeric powder, red chili powder, methi dana/ fenugreek seeds, curry leaves, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, heeng or asafoetida, ginger, green chilies. Note: If you want to make it gluten-free, kindly avoid heeng or asafoetida.
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Sindhi toor dal kadhi recipe | Sindhi dal kadhi recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup yellow lentils (tuvar dal/ arhar dal or mix with masoor/Red lentil)
- 2 tablespoon tamarind pulp / 2 cups of tomato puree
- 1-2 Potatoes large
- 14-15 okra medium sized
- 8 -10 Drumsticks or moringa medium sized
- 5 -6 Lotus stem medium sized ,optional
- 10 Cluster beans /guar
- ½ cup peas
Spices
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon green chillies
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 2 tsp. red chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds optional
- handful of curry leaves
- ½ teaspoon asafoetida
- 3 tbsp. oil
- salt as per taste
Instructions
- Soak toor dal for half an hour.
- Pressure cook dal with salt, turmeric and sufficient water(2 cups)
- Once the dal is done, let it cool.Churn it with a hand blender.
- Add 2-3 cups of water with dal paste in a pot and let it boil.
- Add tomato puree,fenugreek seeds,red chilli powder ,let it come to boil.
- Add hard vegetables and cook for 10 mins.
- Add soft vegetables and cook until soft.
- Heat oil in a pan,add cumin and mustard seeds.
- When the seeds crackle,add ginger,chillies,curry leaves,hing,saute for 10 seconds.
- Add this tempering to the cooked dal.
- Let it simmer on medium flame for few mins.
- Serve hot with basmati rice,sweet boondi and arbi tuk / aloo tuk.
Related recipes
There are many ways of making Sindhi kadhi. If you are looking for more kadhi recipes, click here
- Traditional Sindhi Kadhi
- Sindhi Tomato kadhi/tamatar ji kadhi
- Dahi ki kadhi
- Gatte ki kadhi
- Bhatia kadhi
Instructions
1. Soak dal in water for 15 minutes.
2. Cook with water and mash it.
3. Add more water to the mashed dal.
4. Now, add tomato puree.
5. Add all the vegetables and cook until soft. 6. Meanwhile prepare the tempering in another pan.
6. Heat oil and add cumin, mustard seeds,ginger,chilly and fenugreek seeds. Once they splutter, add asafoetida. Add the tempering to the kadhi and let it come to a boil.
Serve hot with plain rice.
Storage
Store it in airtight container for 3-4 days.
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
- Hand blender
- Sauce pan/ large pot
Conclusion: dal ji kadhi and rice is an easy meal full of nutrition.
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