This one is a Karnataka dish, similar to Kerala’s traditional pachadi. But its taste has a Kannada touch. So why can’t you try this Pachadi in your kitchen?
Ingredients for Aav Pachadi:
1. Carrot – ½ kg, grated
2. Tamarind – A gooseberry-sized
Salt – For taste
3. Sesame oil – 2 spoons
Salt – For taste
Mustard – A little
Curry leaves – 2 stalks
Red chillies – 4
4. Bengal gram – 4 spoons
To grind:
5. Coconut – ¼
Green chillies – 3
Red chillies – 2
Asafoetida – ¼ spoon
Mustard – ¼ small
Jaggery – A pinch
Turmeric powder – ¼ spoon
Cumin seeds – ¼ spoon
How to prepare Aav Pachadi?
1. Heat oil in a pan and sputter mustard seeds.
2. Add grated carrot to it, mix well, and allow to cook.
3. Make a fine paste of coconut and the rest of the contents.
4. Add this paste to the carrot and mix well.
5. Also add tamarind juice and boil the contents well.
6. Add salt and allow the curry to thicken. Take off from the flame.
7. Fry Bengal gram and powder it.
8. Add Bengal gram powder to your curry.
9. Sauté ingredients no: 3 in sesame oil and pour into your Aav Pachadi.
Note: You can prepare this Pachadi using cucumber or okra. If you use okra, cut it into small pieces and fry it well before use.
Archive: Grihalakshmi October 1-15, 2015
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