Palak Khichdi

Name: Palak Khichdi
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: as required
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 50 grams rice; 25 grams toor dal; 1 cup palak (10 -12 leaves); 1/2 finely chopped onion; 1/2 chopped tomato; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; as per taste Sugar; As per taste Salt; 2 cups water; 1 chopped green chilli; 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste; 4-5 Few curry leaves (optional); 1 dried red chilli; 1 bay leaf; 1/4 tsp cumin seeds; 1/4 tsp mustard seeds; as per required Ghee

Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

New Delhi

#weekgreen
Let's give a twist to the boring khichdi....

Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

New Delhi

#weekgreen
Let's give a twist to the boring khichdi....

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Ingredients

1 hour approx

as required

50 gramsrice
25 gramstoor dal
1 cuppalak (10 -12 leaves)
1/2 finely chopped onion
1/2 chopped tomato
1 tspcoriander powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
as per tasteSugar
As per taste Salt
2 cupswater
1chopped green chilli
1 tspginger-garlic paste
4-5 Few curry leaves (optional)
1dried red chilli
1bay leaf
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
as per requiredGhee

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Steps

1 hour approx

1

Wash the rice & lentils well and soak it in water for about half an hour.
2

Now wash and blanch the palak for about a minute or two. Then drain the excess water, let it cool down then and grind it into a fine paste.
3

Now heat a pan, add a tbsp of gheein it, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Let them splutter then add a bay leaf, dried red chilli, curry leaves & a bay leaf. Let them saute for a while
4

Then add chopped onion. Saute it for about a minute. Then add ginger-garlic paste. Fry it for about 2 mins. Then add chopped tomatoes. Add some salt, turmeric and a tsp of sugar. Fry the masalas well until oil starts releasing from the masalas.
5

Now add the palak puree to it. Mix everything well and cook it on a low flame for about 7 to 10 mins. Now keep this mixture aside.
6

Now in a pressure cooker add the soaked rice & dal. Add the desired amount of water, I have added 2 cups of water. Then add the palak mixture into it. Give everything a good mix. Now adjust the salt. Cover the cooker. Wait for the 3 whistles then lower down the flame and let it cook for 7 more mins. Then switch off the flame
7

Let the pressure of the cooker gets released by its own then open the lid, drizzle a tsp of ghee over it and serve hot with some pickle and fries of your choice..