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Gujarati dapka kadhi recipe | tuvar dal khichdi recipe | papad churi recipe | how to make kadhi and khichdi

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Meal
Cuisine Gujarati, Indian
Servings 4

Ingredients
 

For dapka kadhi

For kadhi

  • 1 cup sour curd
  • 2 tbsp gram flour - besan
  • ½ tsp ginge paste
  • 1 tbsp green chilli paste
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • Salt to taste
  • 3 cup water
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 inch cinnemon
  • 3 cloves
  • ¼ tsp methi dana
  • Pinch of hing
  • 8-10 curry leaves
  • 1 tsp kasuri methi
  • Some coriander leaves

For dapka (dumpling)

  • ½ cup besan - gram flour
  • ½ cup chopped coriander leaves
  • ½ tsp ginger paste
  • 2 chopped green chilli
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ tsp red chilli powder
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • Pinch of hing
  • 1/8 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 2 tbsp water or as required

For tempering

  • 1 tbsp ghee
  • Pinch of jeera
  • 2 dry red chilli
  • ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder

For tuvar dal khichdi

  • 1 cup small grain rice
  • 1 cup tuvar dal
  • 1 tbsp ghee
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 cloves
  • 4-5 black pepper
  • 1 inch cinnemon
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 cardamoms
  • 2 dry red chilli
  • 3 cup hot water
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp ghee

For papad churi

  • 4-5 roasted papad
  • ¼ cup chopped tomatoes
  • ¼ cup chopped onion
  • ½ tsp red chilli powder
  • ½ tsp jeera powder
  • ½ tsp chaat masala
  • 1 chopped green chilli
  • Some coriander leaves
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp oil
  • Garnish with coriander leaves and sev

Instructions

Making dapka kadhi

  • In a bowl, add curd, besan, ginger paste, green chili paste, turmeric powder, sugar, and salt, and mix well.
  • Add 3 cups of water and mix well. Kadhi mixture is ready.
  • Now in a pan, add ghee, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, cinnamon, cloves, methi dana, thing, and some curry leaves. sauté it.
  • Add kadhi mixture into pan and stir continuously till mixture starts to boil.
  • Keep flame on medium-low and boil kadhi for 5-7 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, in a dish add ½ cup besan, coriander leaves, ginger paste, green chili pieces, salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder, hing, baking soda, lemon juice, sugar, and oil.
  • Add water gradually and bind the mixture. Now add 2-3 drops of water and rub the mixture with your hand. This process helps to make soft dapka.
  • Now grease your hand with oil and make small size dapka.
  • Then add dapka into the boiling mixture of kadhi and mix well.
  • Cover and cook on a medium flame for 5 minutes. so dapka cook properly and also become soft and double in size.
  • Add kasuri methi and mix well.
  • Now for tempering, in a pan, add ghee, jeera, and dry red chili. Switch off the gas and add red chili powder to it.
  • Then add tempering into the kadhi mixture and garnish with some coriander leaves.
  • Dapka kadhi is ready to serve with khichdi.

Making tuvar dal khichdi

  • Wash dal and rice under running cold water till water runs clear.
  • Add slightly hot water and soak dal and rice for 20 minutes.
  • Remove water for soaked dal and rice. Keep it aside.
  • Now in a pressure cooker, add ghee, cumin seeds, cloves, black pepper, cinnamon, bay leaf, green cardamom, and dry red chili. Sauté it.
  • Then add soaked dal and rice. Sauté it for 2 minutes.
  • Now add 3 cups of hot water, ghee, and salt. mix well.
  • Cover the pressure cooker lid, Cook for 3-4 whistles on medium-low heat.
  • When the pressure cooker releases its pressure naturally, then open the lid and serve khichdi with papad and dahi.

Making Papad churi

  • Now in a mixing bowl, add roasted papad pieces, chopped onion, chopped tomatoes, some coriander leaves, red chili powder, jeera powder, chaat masala, chopped green chili, lemon juice, and oil. Mix well.
  • Papad churi is ready. Garnish with coriander leaves and sev.

Notes

For kadhi
  • use sour curd to make kadhi mixture.
  • do not add more gram flour (besan) to kadhi mixture.
  • take 3 cups of water with 1 cup of curd.
  • stir continuously after adding the kadhi mixture into the pan. 
  • cook kadhi mixture on medium flame, so besan cook properly. Do not cook it on high flame.
  • to make soft dapka, rub the dough till it changes its color.
for khichdi
  • proportion of rice and dal should be equal.
  • soak the khichdi mixture in slightly hot water to fasten its cooking process.
  • Khichdi tastes great when it is served hot.