Vrat ki Kadhi | Rajgira Kadhi for Fasting | Farali Kadhi
Vrat ki kadhi recipe with step by step photos – mildly flavored and spiced yogurt sauce made for Navratri fasting or vrat.
This is a quick and easy recipe of kadhi and takes about 15 minutes to prepare. Amaranth flour is added here instead of besan (gram flour) which we use in regular kadhis.
If you don’t have rajgira flour then you can make this kadhi with other fasting flours like water chestnut flour (singhare ka atta), buckwheat flour (kuttu ka atta) and arrowroot flour.
Also you can skip or replace any ingredient as per the fasting rules followed in your family.
The kadhi goes very well as a side dish with Sama pulao, Kuttu ki khichdi, sama khichdi, plain sama rice or Rajgira paratha, Kuttu ka paratha or Rajgira poori.
This rajgira kadhi is good for fasting as its easy to digest and is also cooling for the body.
How to make Rajgira Kadhi or Vrat ki Kadhi
1. Take 1 cup fresh curd in a mixing bowl. Whisk it till smooth.
2. Then add 3 tablespoons of rajgira atta or amaranth flour. If you don’t have amaranth flour then you can also add buckwheat flour (kuttu ka atta), arrowroot flour or water chestnut flour (singhare ka atta).
3. Mix again very well.
4. Then add ½ cup water.
5. Whisk the whole mixture very well. There should be no lumps.
Making Vrat ki Kadhi
6. In a pan heat 2 tablespoons of ghee or peanut oil. Add ½ teaspoon cumin seeds and saute them till they are fragrant and change color.
7. Then add 1 to 1.5 teaspoon crushed ginger+green chili paste.
8. Stir and saute till the raw aroma of the ginger goes away.
9. Lower the heat and then add the curd mixture.
10. Season with rock salt (sendha namak) according to taste.
11. Add ¼ to ½ teaspoon sugar. Do add sugar as per your taste.
12. Stir very well and allow the rajgira kadhi to simmer on a low heat for about 3 to 4 minutes. Do stir on occasion. The kadhi will also thicken. If the kadhi thickens too much, then add a few tablespoons of water and stir again.
Garnish vrat ki kadhi with chopped coriander leaves and Serve vrat ki kadhi hot or warm with sama pulao, kuttu ki khichdi, sama khichdi, plain sama rice or rajgira paratha, kuttu ka parathas or rajgira pooris.
In the below photo, I have shared this rajgira kadhi with same ke chawal ki khichdi.
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Step by Step Photo Guide Above
Ingredients
- 1 cup full fat fresh curd (yogurt) at room temperature or 240 to 250 grams curd
- 3 tablespoon amaranth flour (rajgira atta)
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 to 1.5 teaspoon ginger-green chili paste or ½ inch ginger + 1 to 2 green chilies crushed in a mortar-pestle
- ½ cup water
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon sugar or add as required
- 2 tablespoon Ghee or peanut oil
- 1 to 2 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves for garnish
- rock salt (edible and food grade) as required
Instructions
making curd mixture
- Take 1 cup fresh curd in a mixing bowl. Whisk it till smooth.
- Then add 3 tbsp rajgira atta or amaranth flour. If you don’t have amaranth flour then you can also add buckwheat flour (kuttu ka atta), arrowroot flour or water chestnut flour (singhare ka atta).
- Mix again very well. Then add 1/2 cup water.
- Whisk the whole mixture very well. There should be no lumps.
making rajgira kadhi
- In a pan heat 2 tbsp ghee or peanut oil. Add 1/2 tsp cumin seeds and saute them till they are fragrant and change color.
- Then add 1 to 1.5 tsp crushed ginger+green chili paste.
- Stir and saute till the raw aroma of the ginger goes away.
- Lower the flame and then add the curd mixture. Season with rock salt (sendha namak).
- Add 1/4 to 1/2 tsp sugar. Add sugar as per your taste.
- Stir very well and allow the rajgira kadhi to simmer. Do stir on occasions. The kadhi will thicken.
- Garnish vrat ki kadhi with chopped coriander leaves and serve vrat ki kadhi hot or warm with sama pulao, sama khichdi, plain sama rice or rajgira paratha, kuttu ka parathas or rajgira pooris.
This Vrat ki Kadhi post from the blog archives first published in March 2015 has been updated and republished on December 2022.
Wonderful recipe. Fast and easy. Thank you.
Welcome and thanks.
Dassana ji, been learning from your page for a while now. Wishing you many blessings for all the wonderful things you’ve shared on this blog!
Just made this tonight, with kuttu ka atta. I somehow forgot to use jeera! ? but it still turned out delicious. Served over a boiled mashed potato. Very tasty, hearty and filling.
Thank you ?
Thanks a lot Shruti. Glad that the you liked the recipe. Wish you a Happy Navratri.
can I use chach for this recipe
yes you can use chach.
Do I have to use khatta dahi (sour curd) for this recipe?
no need. you can use fresh curd.