Kadhi Pakora

Name: Kadhi Pakora
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cup Yogurt (at room temperature); 1/4 cup Besan (gram flour) (packed); 1 teaspoon Salt; 1/4 teaspoon Ground Turmeric (Haldi powder); 4 cup Water; 2 tablespoon Ghee or Oil; 1/8 teaspoon Asafoetida (Hing) (skip for gluten-free); 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera); 1/2 teaspoon Mustard Seeds (Rai); 1/4 teaspoon Fenugreek seeds (Methi dana) (optional); 10-12 Curry Leaves (Kadi Patta) (optional); 2 Green chili (cut lengthwise and halved ); 1 teaspoon Ginger (grated); 3 cloves Garlic (mince (optional)); 1/2 cup Onions (sliced ); 2 teaspoon Coriander powder (Dhaniya powder); Cilantro (to garnish); 1/2 cup Gram flour (Besan); 1 Green Chili Pepper (finely diced ); 2 tablespoon Cilantro leaves (chopped ); 1/2 teaspoon Salt; 1/2 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder; 1/2 teaspoon Coriander powder (Dhaniya powder); 3 tablespoon Water (or more as needed ); 1 cup Onion (sliced or chopped ); Oil (for frying); 1 tablespoon Ghee; 2 Dry Red Chili

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:40min

The perfect, quintessential comfort food from North India is Punjabi kadhi pakora. This is an authentic and traditional recipe in which crispy pakoras (onion-gram flour fritters) are dipped in a tangy and thick yogurt sauce (kadhi).

Updated at: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:26:35 GMT