Comfort food-- Vegetable Khichdi

Name: Comfort food-- Vegetable Khichdi
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3/4 cup mung dal; 3/4 cup rice; 1 tbsp salt; 1/2 tsp haldi; 1 potato; 2 carrots; 5-6 little gourd; 1/4 cup peas; 3 tbsp cabbage; 1 piece pumpkin; 1 tomato; 2 green chillies; 1 " piece ginger; 2 tsp ghee; 1 tsp oil; 3 bay leaves; 1 red chilli; 1 tsp dhania seeds; 1 tsp jira; 1 tsp variyali; 1 star anise; 2-3 elaichi; 1/2 tsp pepper; 1/4 tsp hing

Bina Anjaria @bina_anjaria_123

After the 5 day festive days, there's nothing more conforting than the humble khichdi.
This khichdi is offered to Shri Krishna on the Nand mahotsav day.
Haathi Ghoda Palkhi
Jai Kanhaiya Lal ki

Bina Anjaria @bina_anjaria_123

After the 5 day festive days, there's nothing more conforting than the humble khichdi.
This khichdi is offered to Shri Krishna on the Nand mahotsav day.
Haathi Ghoda Palkhi
Jai Kanhaiya Lal ki

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 servings

3/4 cupmung dal
3/4 cuprice
1 tbspsalt
1/2 tsphaldi
1potato
2carrots
5-6little gourd
1/4 cuppeas
3 tbspcabbage
1 piecepumpkin
1tomato
2green chillies
1" piece ginger
For Tempering:
2 tspghee
1 tspoil
3bay leaves
1red chilli
1 tspdhania seeds
1 tspjira
1 tspvariyali
1star anise
2-3elaichi
1/2 tsppepper
1/4 tsphing

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Steps

30 minutes

1

First, ready all the ingredients. Wash, dry and roast the mung dal on slow gas for 3-4 minutes. Chop and ready all the vegetables. Wash and soak the rice for 10 minutes.
2

In a cooker take ghee and oil. Add in all whole spices. Add in hing and the hard vegetables - potatoes and carrots. Saute for 2 minutes. Add in all other vegetables.
3

Add in salt and haldi. Mix well.
4

Add in the roasted mung dal. Mix for 1 minute. Add in the soaked rice with the water used for soaking. Add in total 4 cups of water.
5

Mix. Cook to 2 whistles on fast gas and the simmer for 4 minutes. When cooker cools down completely, open to get aromatic delicious Prashaadi Khichdi. Remove the bay leaves, offer to Shri Krishna and serve.
6

I have served with fresh homemade curds. Happy Cooking😊!!