Baadi

बाड़ी

Traditional dish from the Garhwal hills, the Garhwal region, Uttarakhand

Also spelled: badi, mandua badi, ragi porridge

A thick Garhwali porridge stirred from mandua flour and hot water until it comes together into a soft, dark mass, finished with mustard oil. Baadi is quick, warming and deeply traditional, usually eaten with phaanu or gahat and a spoon of ghee.

Ingredients

  • •Mandua (finger millet) flour
  • •Water
  • •Mustard oil or ghee
  • •Salt

How it's made

  1. 1Boil water with a little mustard oil and salt.
  2. 2Rain in the mandua flour while stirring hard to avoid lumps.
  3. 3Keep stirring on low until it thickens into a smooth, glossy mass.
  4. 4Serve hot, pressed into a bowl, with phaanu or gahat dal.
This recipe is a general reference written for readers who want to know the dish. Quantities are to taste and every household cooks it a little differently.