Gatte ki Kadhi

Gatte ki Kadhi

Gatte are gramflour dumplings that are spiced with dry masala and then boiled cut into small bite sized pieces. They are used to make a variety of dishes like sabji, pulao etc. This dish is made using yogurt based gravy and dry masalas to create a mouth watering recipe can be combined with parantha or rice.

Serves: 5

Ingredients:

For the Dough:

Besan/ Gram Flour - 150gms
Curd - 50 gms
2 whole Red Chilli powder
salt according to taste
4 tsp ghee
1 tablespoon ginger paste
10-12 fresh mint leaves
1 tsp cumin seeds

For Kadhi:

1/2 kg curd
2 tsp gram flour for kadhi
1 tsp yellow powder
salt according to taste
3 tsp red chilli powder
3 tsp coriander powder
a pinch of asafoetida
1 tsp cumin seeds
4 cloves
1 piece cinnamon
2 bay leaf
1/2 tsp Garam Masala (Mixture of ground spices)
coriander leaves
10-12 fresh mint leaves
2 tsp chilli paste
6-7 whole green chilli
Ghee for frying and dough
1/4 cup water


Method:
For the Dough:

1. Take gram flour in a pan. Add red chilli, cumin seeds, salt, 10 leaves of fresh mint leaves, ginger paste and 4 tsp ghee and add 50gms of curd then make a dough. Divide the dough in small dumble shaped form. You can fill inside chilli and ginger paste or some nuts also.

2. Take 4 cup of water in a pan and boil it. put all the dumble shaped gatte in the water and let it boil for 10-15 mins or till they become white in color. Strain, but keep the boiled water too. shallow fry the gatte in ghee till they become pink in color.

For Kadhi:

3. Besides that, strain 1/2kg curd in a bowl and add salt, 2 tsp gram flour, 3 tsp red chilli, 1 tsp yellow powder, 3 tsp coriander powder and keep aside for 10 mins. Then add crushed chilli, whole chilli and fresh mint leaves ( cut or make paste)

4. In a pan, add 2 tsp ghee. when ghee becomes little hot, add hing, cloves, cinnamon, cumin seeds, bay leaf and fry for 2 mins. Add 1/4 cup water and give it a boil. close the gas and let it cool.

5. Add curd batter and switch on the gas and keep stirring it till the boil comes.

6. Now add the water in which we boiled the dumble shaped gatte. After 2-3 mins, add gatte and let it boil again. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.