Etymology of this Hindi /Urdu word कत्था katthā (also color कत्थई katthaī = dark brownish) has intrigued me. And yes, it's a Congrats of Sanskrit क्वाथ kvāth = decoction, infusion. Not only that, even our Ayurvedic kar̥hā काढ़ा and lentils dish kar̥hī कढ़ी are related.
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More on one of my favorite dishes --- kar̥hī कढ़ी here
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Good to know that Sindhi, Hindi, Bhojpuri word kaṛhī कढ़ी, Marathi, Gujarati कढी kaḍhī are all related to Prakrit kaḍhia कढिअ (boiled) which is related to Sanskrit kvathita क्वथित (boiled). In Braj area, kaṛhī कढ़ी is one of the chappan bhogs (56 offerings) offered to Krishna twitter.com/sftmumbai/stat…
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It sure how to spell it since I’m not literate in Kannada. Might also be Tamil derived
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I’ll check with my parents first to make sure I’m pronouncing it right
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It seems to be a specifically madhwa Brahmin word for it and seems to be spelled palidya in this recipe (my family is madhwa but speaks a weirdly Tamil-corrupted dialect from Coimbatore so our pronunciations are unreliable) mommycooksyummy.blogspot.com/2016/01/majjig
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Yes, original was response to the thread about various words for kadhi in north india and I was wondering why the Kannada word is not a cognate of “kadhi”


