Nadru Yakhni (Lotus Root in Yogurt Sauce)

Nadru Yakhni (Lotus Root in Yogurt Sauce)

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Porous lotus roots are boiled until just tender, then stewed in a spiced yogurt gravy fragrant with dried mint in this specialty from Kashmir, India.

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Ingredients

  • 14 oz. fresh, frozen, or canned lotus root, sliced ½" thick
  • Kosher salt, to taste
  • 3 cups plain, full-fat yogurt
  • 1⁄2 cup besan (chickpea flour)
  • 5 tbsp. ghee
  • 4 cloves garlic, mashed into a paste
  • 1 (1") piece ginger, mashed into a paste
  • 1⁄2 small red onion, minced
  • 1 tsp. garam masala
  • 1⁄2 tsp. cumin seeds
  • 3 pods green cardamom
  • 2 pods black cardamom
  • 1 whole clove
  • 1 stick cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. dried mint

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