Nadru Yakhni

NADRU YAKHNI

Nadru Yakhni is a crowd pleasing dish! It looks fancy, tastes delicious, is super healthy & easy to make. The gravy is based out of yogurt & is absolutely creamy . The crunchy texture of the Nadru (lotus stem) & the hint of aromatic spices packs this dish with flavor & scent.

Recipe

Cut thick small round pieces of peeled nadru & put it in a bowl : ½ kg
Heat oil in the pressure cooker: 1 big spoon
Sauté Asafoaetida (Heeng) in the oil : ½ teaspoon
Sprinkle a pinch of Cumin (Zeera): ½ teaspoon
Put the Nadru pieces in the pressure cooker & shallow fry
Salt: 1½ spoon
Mildly grind 1 crushed black Cardamom (Badi Elaichi) & smear it on the nadru pieces
Add Fennel powder (Saunf powder): 1 ½ table spoon & Ginger powder (Adrakh powder) in the cooker: less than ½ teaspoon
Mix everything well
Add Garam Masala & Cardamom powder (Elaichi powder): ½ spoon each
Stir well so that all the spices blends into the nadru
Pour a glass of water in the pressure cooker
Mix it thoroughly, close the cooker lid & after one whistle put the flame on sim for 5 to 7 minutes
Take 2 bowls of curd & whip it nicely
Open the lid of the cooker, add the curd only when the gravy is boiling & constantly stir the gravy while adding the curd.
Whisk the mixture till the gravy thickens in low flame
Garnish it with Garam masala, elaichi powder & coriander leaves : : ½ teaspoon each
Serve it with steamed rice