Buttermilk Curry with Pakoras

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A traditional dish where spicy pakoras are immersed in a tangy buttermilk curry, enhanced with a special technique of fermenting buttermilk with chilli, ginger, and mustard seeds.

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Serves 4

medium

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Ingredients

  1. buttermilk - watch the video to see (extracted from churned curd)
  2. chilli - watch the video to see
  3. ginger - watch the video to see
  4. mustard seeds - watch the video to see
  5. mustard oil - watch the video to see
  6. dry red chillies - watch the video to see (for tadka)

Instructions

  1. Ferment Buttermilk: Add chilli, ginger, and mustard seeds to buttermilk and leave it for three to four hours to ferment naturally.
  2. Prepare Pakoras: Make pakoras and fry until crispy. Note: The more crooked the shape, the more beautiful they are.
  3. Cook Curry: Burn the mustard oil well to remove any raw smell before adding the fermented buttermilk to make the curry.
  4. Combine Pakoras and Curry: Mix the curry and the pakoras and let them cook together so the flavor of the pakoras infuses into the curry.
  5. Add Tadka: Add a tadka of dry red chillies on top of the curry to enhance its flavor.

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