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Bored of Spinach Curry? Try Uttarakhand's Pahadi Kafli for a Delicious, Thick Gravy!
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News18•26-09-2026, 13:32
Bored of Spinach Curry? Try Uttarakhand's Pahadi Kafli for a Delicious, Thick Gravy!
- •Pahadi Kafli is a traditional Uttarakhand dish, a flavorful alternative to regular spinach curry.
- •It uses fresh spinach, ginger, garlic, green chilies, tomatoes, and local spices for a unique taste.
- •The gravy is thickened with a rice flour slurry, giving it a distinct texture compared to typical spinach dishes.
- •Key ingredients include fresh spinach, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, green chilies, kasuri methi, and basic spices.
- •The recipe involves preparing fresh crushed spices, a tomato base, adding spinach, and then thickening with rice flour slurry.
Key Questions Answered
A rice flour slurry is added to thicken the spinach gravy in Pahadi Kafli, which gives the dish a unique texture and flavor compared to regular spinach curry.
Pahadi Kafli requires fresh spinach, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, green chilies, and dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi), seasoned with basic spices and tempered with mustard oil and mustard seeds.
Freshly crushed ginger, garlic, green chilies, and dried fenugreek leaves are sautéed in hot mustard oil with mustard seeds, followed by chopped tomatoes and spices like salt, turmeric, red chili powder, and coriander powder cooked over medium heat.
