Madhia Recipe: This recipe is also known as Maad in Rajasthani cuisine

It's a popular curry made in Eastern India and particularly Bihar, and has a sour taste.

This sour curry is best enjoyed with a bowl of steamed rice, and is super-easy to make. Madh, which is the liquid rice starch is also known as 'Mand' and comes after boiling the rice.

This recipe is also known as Maad in Rajasthani cuisine.

The only difference between the two recipes is that Madhia has urad dal vadi in it and is made using dry mango powder or amchur; and Maad is made without any vadis and with tamarind pulp.

Ingredients of Madhia

4 Servings

1 cup urad dal vadi

6 1/2 cup water

2 teaspoon dry mango powder

1/2 teaspoon asafoetida

2 red chilli

How to make Madhia

Step 1 Prepare Madh (rice water) and cook all the spices

To make this amazing dish, first, you need is rice water. To make it, boil rice in 6 1/2 cup water and once done, drain the excess water through the strainer in a bowl. This extra water is the madh or rice water. Next, heat the oil in a kadhai. Add cumin seeds, asafoetida, turmeric, chillies, dry mango powder to the oil. Stir and cook for a minute.

Step 2 Roast urad dal vadi

Now, add urad dal badi to the oil and roast them on low flame else the spices will burn. Once roasted, add the madh to it and add salt.

Step 3 Garnish and serve with rice

Garnish with chillies and serve hot with rice.