SOUTH INDIAN YOGURT CURRY

South Indian Yogurt Curry image

Number Of Ingredients 17

4 to 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
5 quarter-size slices peeled fresh ginger
2 dried red chili peppers, such as chile de arbol, with stems
12 to 15 fresh curry leaves
1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
1 tablespoon dried white urad beans (dhulli urad dal), sorte
1 tablespoon dried split pigeon peas (toor dal), sorted
1 tablespoon , dried yellow split garbanzo beans, (channa dal), sorted
1/4 cup grated fresh or frozen coconut, or shredded unsweetened dried coconut
1/8 teaspoon ground asafoetida
3 cups nonfat plain yogurt, whisked until smooth
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1/4 teaspoon ground paprika

Steps:

1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a small nonstick saucepan over medium-high heat and add the ginger, red chili peppers, and curry leaves. Cook, stirring, until golden, about 1 minute. Add the fenugreek and coriander seeds, all the dals, coconut, and asafoetida, and cook, stirring, about 1 minute. Let cool, transfer to a blender, and blend, adding some of the yogurt to facilitate blending, until smooth. Then add the rest of the yogurt, turmeric, and salt, and blend again until smooth.2. Transfer to a large nonstick wok or saucepan and cook, stirring constantly, over medium-high heat until it comes to a boil. Then reduce the hat to medium and cook, stirring, until the curry thickens a little and is smooth, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a serving dish.3. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of the oil in the saucepan you used in Step 1, and add the mustard and cumin seeds they should sizzle upon contact with the hot oil. Remove from the heat, quickly add the paprika, and transfer to the kadhi. Swirl lightly to mix, with parts of it visible as a garnish, and serve.From "1,000 Indian Recipes." Copyright 2002 by Neelam Batra. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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