Healthy Mixed Veg Khichdi

Name: Healthy Mixed Veg Khichdi
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup moong dal; 3/4 cup rice; 1 carrot cubed; 2 tbsp chopped beans; 2 tbsp green peas; 1 onion chopped; 1.5 tsp ginger paste; 1 pinch hing /asafoetida; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 dry red chilli; 1/2 tsp garam masala; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1 bay leaf; 1 tsp mustard oil; 1 tbsp ghee/clarified butter; To taste salt; 1/2 tsp sugar

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Khichdi is a complete one pot meal made with rice and lentils.Adding vegetables like carrots,beans,peas, cauliflower etc makes it all the more healthy and nutritious.Serve khichdi with some papad, dry curry or fried potato wedges.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

3 servings

1/2 cupmoong dal
3/4 cuprice
1carrot cubed
2 tbspchopped beans
2 tbspgreen peas
1onion chopped
1.5 tspginger paste
1 pinchhing /asafoetida
1 tspcumin seeds
1dry red chilli
1/2 tspgaram masala
1/2 tspturmeric
1bay leaf
1 tspmustard oil
1 tbspghee/clarified butter
To tastesalt
1/2 tspsugar

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Steps

1

Dry roast yellow moong dal.Wash and soak both rice and dal separately for 30 minutes.Heat 1 tsp ghee in a pressure cooker.Add chopped onion and sauté. Then add chopped carrot and beans.Toss and add rice and dal. Add turmeric,bay leaf,salt and sugar to taste.Add 3 cups water and close lid.Pressure cook 2 whistles and release steam after 5 minutes.
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Heat 1 tsp mustard oil and sprinkle cumin seeds,dry red chili and hing.Add green peas and sauté. Pour this over khichdi. Add some more water,toss and boil 5 minutes.Sprinkle garam masala and ghee and few green chillies. Serve fuming hot khichdi with roasted papad and dry cabbage curry.