Bilaspuri Khatta

Tangy chickpea-flour curry with tamarind and jaggery. Essential Bilaspur accompaniment to dham feast.

Time 30 min · Serves 9 · 127 kcal · Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh

Ingredients

Garnish

• Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)

Main

• onion — 2 piece (chopped)
• Turmeric Powder — 0.5 tsp (ground)
• Tomato — 2 piece (chopped)
• Tamarind — 100 g (whole)
• Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch) — 1 tsp (ground)
• salt (optional) (whole)
• Jaggery — 100 g (whole)

Tempering

• oil — 2 tbsp (whole)

Method

1. Wash and prepare all ingredients for Bilaspuri Khatta. Chop vegetables, marinate protein if needed.
2. Heat oil in a kadhai or heavy-bottomed pan. Add tempering spices — let them splutter.
3. Add chopped onions and sauté until golden brown.
4. Add ginger-garlic paste, sauté for a minute until raw smell disappears.
5. Add tomatoes and cook until oil separates from the masala.
6. Add dry spice powders — turmeric, red chilli, coriander powder. Mix well.
7. Add the main ingredient. Mix well and coat with masala.
8. Add water as needed. Cover and cook on medium flame until done.
9. Adjust salt and spices. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Serve hot.

Common questions

Bilaspuri Khatta ko English mein kya kehte hain?

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Ek plate Bilaspuri Khatta mein kitni calories hoti hain?

127 kcal per plate.

Kitna time lagta hai?

30 min lagta hai — 10 min taiyari, 20 min pakana.

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