Khichdi

Name: Khichdi
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup short grain rice; 1/2 cup lentils (moog daal/toor Dal/masoor daal); 1 medium sized diced potato; 1/4 cup cauliflower florets; 1/4 cup green peas; 1/4 cup diced carrot; 2 green chillies(slitted); 1/2 teaspoon whole cumin seeds; 1 bay leaf; 1/4 cup chopped onion; 2 cloves garlic; 2 tablespoon ghee/cooking oil; 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon turmeric powder

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Kolkata

#India
Khichdi is a traditional Indian comfort food made of rice, lentils & vegetables. This one-pot easy to prepare meal is very tasty, easy to digest & wholesome. Different part of India has their own version of khichdi. Here I am sharing the basic recipe of Khichdi.

Flavors by Soumi @Soumi_Nag

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Ingredients

30 minutes

2 people

1/2 cupshort grain rice
1/2 cuplentils (moog daal/toor Dal/masoor daal)
1medium sized diced potato
1/4 cupcauliflower florets
1/4 cupgreen peas
1/4 cupdiced carrot
2green chillies(slitted)
1/2 teaspoonwhole cumin seeds
1bay leaf
1/4 cupchopped onion
2 clovesgarlic
2 tablespoonghee/cooking oil
1/2 teaspoongaram masala powder
1 teaspoonsalt
1 teaspoonturmeric powder

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Steps

30 minutes

1

First wash all the vegetables, rice & lentil properly then cut the vegetables in desired pieces.
2

Now In a pressure cooker heat up some ghee/oil and add temper the oil with whole cumin seeds, slit green chillies & bay leaf.
3

Add chopped onion once the cumin seeds start crackling & saute.
4

Now add whole garlic cloves & saute with the onion, it will brings nice flavor to the khichdi. Then add 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder & mix well into the oil.
5

After that add cauliflower florets & saute for a while then add all the other vegetables one by one & saute.
6

Now add pre washed rice-lentils & mix well with the other vegetables. Saute for 5-6 minutes then add garam masala powder & salt as per taste.
7

After that add 5 cups of water & stir well.Now pressure cook the mixture for upto 2 whistle on medium high heat.
8

Now take the cooker out of flame & wait until it releases all the pressure. Once the pressure has released open the lid and mix well with the help of a spatula. Khichdi is ready to be served.
9

Serve it hot with papad(fried lentil chips), pakodas & some pickle.