Eggplant Mango Kadhi

5 from 2 votes

Spiced Mango-Yogurt dish with sauteed eggplants! This is Indian comfort food at it's best. Enjoy it with boiled rice.

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Mango Kadhi with sauteed eggplant. This sweet and sour kadhi is total comfort food and tastes amazing with rice!

The days are getting shorter & colder and I can almost feel that nip in the air.  The sun is still out but it just doesn’t feel that warm/summery anymore. Are you guys excited for the change in season? I was hardly in Seattle for summer this year, it’s only the last 1 month that I stayed at home. We didn’t do any grilling, no summer activities and now we are almost at the end of it.

Time doesn’t stop for anyone, does it? Feels like yesterday when I was preparing to leave for Houston for mom’s bone marrow transplant same time last year. I can’t believe it has been 1 year to that and I also can’t believe that mom has been gone for 2 month. I still find it hard to believe this truth. I am trying to accept this life without her but it can never be the same. It’s like a part of me has gone with her and it can never heal back.

eggplant mango kadhi

Sometimes I cook something which makes me miss mom all the more and that’s exactly what it was when I made this Eggplant Mango Kadhi last week. I so wanted her to taste it, I just knew that she would have loved it so much. I made this kadhi because I had nothing in my refrigerator that day except for an eggplant, few mangoes and yogurt. So I combined everything together and voila this eggplant mango kadhi was cooked and devoured.

Kadhi is pure comfort food for most Indians. This yogurt-chickpea flour based dish is extremely popular in north India and if often eaten with rice. The traditional kadhi has 2 main ingredients – yogurt and besan (Hindi for chickpea flour). The two are combined, whisked and then cooked with spices. It is mostly enjoyed with rice, I can tell you about Delhi – everyone loves their kadhi with rice!

The consistency of kadhi could be really thin or slightly thick, it depends on how you like it and also which part of the country you belong to. Every one makes it a bit differently. Mango kadhi is a popular dish in the state of Gujarat, I added eggplant to it and it turned out really good. If you love the combination of sweet and sour with lots of flavors, then you would love this eggplant mango kadhi.

Check out some other kadhi recipe on the blog: Bhindi Kadhi | Spinach Kadhi

This Mango Kadhi

has a sweet and tangy taste

is spiced with cumin, mustard, coriander seeds

comfort food at it’s best

tastes amazing with boiled rice

mango kadhi

For this kadhi, I sauteed the eggplant first with little cumin and garlic till they were soft. I then made the kadhi batter, added the tempering and let it simmer for 10 minutes before adding the eggplant. Sauteing the eggplants is really important, they won’t taste great if you put them straight into the kadhi. You may also deep fry the eggplants, I bet it would taste even better (but of course with extra calories!).

You can obviously make this kadhi minus the eggplant, mango kadhi on it’s own is awesome too.

 

Method

Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a pan. Add 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds and chopped garlic. Saute till seeds crackle and garlic starts turning golden in color.

Add cubed eggplant. Mix to combine.

Cook on medium heat for 7-8 minutes till eggplants are cooked. Remove from pan and set aside.

Meanwhile using your blender, mix together mango puree with yogurt.

Transfer mixture to a bowl and add in turmeric powder, besan and red chili powder. Whisk to combine till there are no lumps.

Add 2 cups water to thin out the batter. Stir till you have a smooth batter. Set aside.

In another pan heat 1.5 tablespoons oil on medium heat. Once oil is hot, add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and crushed coriander seeds. Saute till other seeds sizzle and mustard seeds pop up.

Add chopped ginger, chopped green chili, hing, curry leaves and broken dried red chilies. Saute till the ginger starts turning golden brown in color.

Then add the prepared kadhi mixture to the pan.

Keep stirring the kadhi on medium heat till it comes to a boil. Then add 1.5 cups more water and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes. After the kadhi has been simmering for a bit, add the prepared eggplants to it, also add the salt and lower the heat to medium-low and let the kadhi simmer for additional 8-10 minutes.

You may garnish the kadhi with cilantro. Enjoy this eggplant mango kadhi with boiled rice!

* You may use ghee in this recipe, I have used oil.

* This is a sweet and sour dish so make sure the yogurt that you use is sour and mango is sweet and ripe.

* I usually do a tempering/tadka at the end whenever I make kadhi, but this turned out so flavorful that I skipped it. You may do a tadka of ghee, cumin seeds, paprika and garlic.

* You may make this kadhi without the eggplant. Skip the step of sauteing the eggplant and rest remains the same.

Eggplant Mango Kadhi

5 from 2 votes
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes
Total: 40 minutes
Servings: 3
Spiced Mango-Yogurt dish with sauteed eggplants! This is Indian comfort food at it's best. Enjoy it with boiled rice.

Ingredients 

for sauteeing eggplant

  • 1 medium eggplant 294 grams, cubed
  • 2 garlic cloves chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 2 teaspoons oil I used avocado oil

for the kadhi batter

  • 3/4 cup mango puree use sweet mango puree
  • 3/4 cup plain yogurt use sour yogurt
  • 1/4 cup besan also known as chickpea flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon red chili pwoder
  • 2 cups water + 1.5 cups water

for tempering the kadhi

  • 1.5 tablespoons oil I used avocado oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed coriander seeds
  • 1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1/4 teaspoon hing also known as asafoetida
  • 2 teaspoons chopped ginger
  • 2 dried red chilies broken
  • 2 green chili chopped
  • 10-15 curry leaves
  • 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
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Instructions 

Saute the eggplant

  • Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a pan. Add 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds and chopped garlic. Saute till seeds crackle and garlic starts turning golden in color.
  • Add cubed eggplant. Mix to combine.
  • Cook on medium heat for 7-8 minutes till eggplants are cooked. Remove from pan and set aside.

Make the kadhi batter

  • Meanwhile using your blender, mix together mango puree with yogurt.
  • Transfer mixture to a bowl and add in turmeric powder, besan and red chili powder. Whisk to combine till there are no lumps.
  • Add 2 cups water to thin out the batter. Stir till you have a smooth batter. Set aside.

Cook the kadhi

  • In another pan heat 1.5 tablespoons oil on medium heat.
  • Once oil is hot, add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and crushed coriander seeds. Saute till other seeds sizzle and mustard seeds pop up.
  • Add chopped ginger, chopped green chili, hing, curry leaves and broken dried red chilies.
  • Saute till the ginger starts turning golden brown in color and then add the prepared kadhi mixture to the pan.
  • Keep stirring the kadhi on medium heat till it comes to a boil. Then add 1.5 cups more water and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes.
  • After the kadhi has been simmering for a bit, add the prepared eggplants to it, also add the salt and lower the heat to medium-low.
  • Let the kadhi simmer on low heat for additional 8-10 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 262kcal, Carbohydrates: 31g, Protein: 7g, Fat: 13g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 8mg, Sodium: 927mg, Potassium: 676mg, Fiber: 8g, Sugar: 19g, Vitamin A: 1059IU, Vitamin C: 98mg, Calcium: 132mg, Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
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14 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    This peculiar combination especially of mango and kadhi got me curious and finally I made it yesterday. Did not regret it. It was AMAZING!!!! My family and friends both loved it. Just loved the different flavor from normal kadhi and so easy to make. Will make it again. Thank you!!!

  2. Love eggplant! This dish looks flavorful and delicious! Weather has been getting colder here, too and I’m excited about fall and winter!

  3. Eggplant is one of my favourite foods! I love the sound of this dish, especially with the addition of mango. So many delicious spices too! I can’t wait to try this!

  4. I am totally excited about the change in the weather, Manali! We have one more hot day today here, but then it goes to mid-70’s for a while…and that’s pretty much perfect weather! 🙂 So I’m not familiar with kadhi, but it sounds quite tasty. I love those spices in there!

    1. Thanks David, it was actually pretty hot here today and it’s going be close to 90s next week 😐 Yeah I am looking forward to fall too 🙂

  5. What a creative combination of flavours! I would have never thought of combining mango and eggplant together. Fun and delicious!