Friday, October 1, 2010

BADAGA RECIPE


Ingredients
  1. Onion              -1 kg
  2. Garlic              -100 gm
  3. Ginger             -50 gm
  4. Curry leaves    -handful
  5. Urad dhal        -50 gm
  6. Mustard           -25 gm
  7. Castor oil        -25 ml
  8. Groundnut oil -25 ml
  9. Hing                -15 gm
  10. Crystal salt      -handful
  11. Turmeric         -1 tsp heaped


Method 
  • Clean onion, remove skin, and cut head and tail. Crush garlic.
  • Pound or crush onion in a mixie and put in the grinder
  • Grind for 5 or 6 minutes
  • Put grounded onion in a plastic container
  • Dry roast and powder jeera and pepper
  • Add salt, turmeric, hing, jeera and pepper, urad dhal, mustard seeds, and garlic.
  • Wash ginger, curry leaves, dry on a towel
  • Cut ginger and curry leaves to small pieces
  • Heat groundnut oil and pour over onion, mix well
  • Take a big tray, put a plastic cover on it 
  • Make a big ball of onion mixture and arrange one by one
  • Keep in sunlight. after one or two days turn over. keep on doing this for 15 or 20 days until dry
  • For the last 2 or 3 days brush castor oil nicely on each ball and dry again for another two days
  • Preserve it in a plastic, pot or glass container.

1 comment:

  1. Badaga gives a great flavour. I have watched my mom and other women joining together and preparing badaga once every year to last that whole year. Even though I am now overseas and dont cook authentic kannada food, I want to learn this and want to teach my daughter too. Thanks for posting this recipe.

    Regards
    Agila.

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