Blends / Kadhi Base

Kadhi Base

Gram flour and kadhi spices in one sachet. Whisk with curd and water and simmer. The blend has no milk in it: you add the curd. Tangy curd thickened with gram flour, with warm ginger and fenugreek.

• Time: About 25 minutes
• Makes: 10 servings (1 sachet per serving)
• Pack: 10 sachets, 20 g each

Ingredients

Gram flour (besan) (70%), salt, dried ginger, cumin, turmeric, red chilli, fenugreek seed, mustard seed, asafoetida (contains wheat flour).

Allergens

Contains: Mustard, Wheat (in asafoetida). Always check the pack label.

You add

• Curd, preferably a little sour, 1/2 cup
• Water, 250 ml
• Ghee or oil, 1 tsp

How to make it

1. Whisk one sachet with 1/2 cup curd and 250 ml water until smooth, with no lumps.
2. Heat 1 tsp ghee or oil in a pan, then pour in the curd mixture.
3. Bring to a boil, stirring all the time. Then simmer for 15 minutes, stirring now and then, until it thickens.
4. Taste, then finish it as you like.

Storage

Store in a cool, dry place.

Questions

Does the blend contain milk?

No. The blend is gram flour and spices. The curd you add contains milk.

My curd is fresh, not sour. Is that all right?

Yes. Add a squeeze of lemon at the end if you want more tang.

Ingredients to know

• Cumin
• Ginger
• Turmeric
• Chilli
• Mustard seeds
• Fenugreek (methi)

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By the BhumiSutra kitchen team. Updated 28 October 2026. All products and figures on this prototype site are demonstration data.