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                       TRADITIONAL SINDHI KADHI


                                                  By Shreya Lekhwani


                                                                 majority  of  sindhis.  The  tangy  gram
                    India  is  the  birth  place  of  distinct   flour  based  curry,  is  commonly  and

                    cultures  and  religions  represented  as    traditionally  known  as  SINDHI
                    Indian  culture  and  we  Indians  are       KADHI. It gives an immense homely
                    proud of it. I am proud to be Indian         meal  feeling.  It  doesn't  need  any
                    Sindhi. Each religion in  India has its      glamorous or exclusive preparation as
                    own  set  of  taboos.  This  makes  the      it  is  prepared  using  the  most  basic
                    Indian  food  the  most  diverse  one.       ingredients.  The  KADHI  tastes  best
                    Indian  culture  has  many  different        with  steamed  white  rice,  which  is
                    elements  but  the  most  important  of      called  as  "Kadhi  Chaawaran"  in
                    all  are  language  and  varied  Indian      typical sindhi accent. I have given an
                    food. Food has been an integral part         amusing  definition  to  Sindhi  Kadhi,
                    of  all  religions  in  India,  and  each    "Sindhi  kadhi  is  defined  as  a  Gram
                    religion has its own style of food and       flour based Vegetable soup. Why this
                    beliefs  associated  with  it.  Traditional   definition?  You  will  know  later.
                    Indian  food  recipes  are  based  on
                    science,  and  each  ingredient  put  has
                    its  own  significance  on  health.  The     YOU WILL NEED:
                    methods  too  are  extremely  scientific,           Oil-100gram
                    even  though  being  5000  year  old.

                    Indian people love cooking equally as                Gram  flour  -  50-60  gram
                    they  love  eating.  Cooking  just  like             Cumin  seeds  -  1  tbsp
                    Management, is both an art as well as
                    a  science.  Cooking  is  based  on                 Fenugreek  seeds  -  ½  tbsp
                    principles    of    Ingredients    and
                    measurements,      which     are    an
                    important element in cooking because                Salt  -  as  per  your  taste
                    if  these  are  inappropriate,  then  your
                    cooked  food(experiment)  can  go                   Turmeric  powder  -  ¼  tbsp
                    wildly  wrong  just  as  a  science
                    experiment.
                                                                        Red  Chilli  powder  -  ½  tbsp
                    As this essay demands to be unique, I
                    thought  what  would  be  better  than              Tamarind  pulp  -  4  spoon
                    writing about the famous sindhi dish.
                    The  dish  which  I  am  going  to  share
                    now,  is  the  most  favourite  dish  of





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