Kafuli

कफुली

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

Also spelled: kafuli, kappa, kafoli

Often called the state dish of Uttarakhand, kafuli is a thick green curry of spinach and fenugreek leaves cooked slowly in an iron kadhai and bound with a little rice or gram-flour paste. It is simple, iron-rich winter food, eaten with rice or mandua roti.

Ingredients

  • •Spinach (palak) and fenugreek (methi) leaves, chopped
  • •Rice paste or gram flour (besan), to thicken
  • •Ginger, garlic, green chilli
  • •Mustard oil, cumin, turmeric

How it's made

  1. 1Boil and mash the greens.
  2. 2Temper mustard oil with cumin, ginger, garlic and chilli.
  3. 3Add the greens and turmeric and cook down.
  4. 4Stir in the rice or besan paste to thicken and simmer until glossy.
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.