Wash all the Dal's, add turmeric, salt and pressure cook until 5 whistle. If you are doing small quantity, you can cook dal and wheat together.

For masala, pour oil, add bay leaf, Cardamom, cinnamon, star anise, cloves and saute well. Add green chillies, onions and fry well till golden brown. Now add ginger garlic paste and cook until raw smell turns aromatic. Whip tomatoes and coriander stem, add to the onions.

Cook well until tomatoes are completely mushy. Add chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and cook well untill oil separates. Finally add chopped mint and coriander leaves and chicken. Add 2-3 cups of water and cook on medium flame untill chicken is cooked 80%.

Now use blender and blend wheat, dal and mix both. Finally add the cooked masala and give a mix. If it's too thick add required water and cook on medium flame. Pour kemon juice at the end and give a mix.

Serve hot, topped with fried onions, lemon slice, mint and coriander leaves.

Note: if you are using red meat, pressure cook the red meat before adding to masala. You can also add 2tbsp rice and any variety of broken dal. Soup of the meat is very important for this recipe. Do not waste the soup and add it to kichida. Make sure meat quantity should be equal to dal and wheat quantity for best taste.