Khichudi / Bengali Dal Khichdi

Name: Khichudi / Bengali Dal Khichdi
Yield: For 5 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 big onions sliced fine lengthwise; 10 cloves garlic crushed; 1 and half tomato slices lengthwise; as required Ghee; 3 leaves dry tejpatta/ indian bay leaf; 1 inch ginger finely sliced / paste; 2 carrots diced into small pieces; 2 potatoes diced in big pieces; Bunch green beans roughly sliced into half inch sizes; 1 small cup moong dal; 1 small cup masoor dal; 1 small cup chana dal; 3 tablespoons black urad dal; 1 small cup 'govindobhog' rice/ flavourful small grain rice; 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder; to taste Salt; 2 dry red chillies; 3 hot green chillies; 1 teaspoon sugar; To be cooked in a pressure cooker

Shaswati @cookshook

Extremely nutritive, you can also add small chunks of chicken while adding the veggies

Shaswati @cookshook

Extremely nutritive, you can also add small chunks of chicken while adding the veggies

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Ingredients

For 5 people

3big onions sliced fine lengthwise
10 clovesgarlic crushed
1and half tomato slices lengthwise
as requiredGhee
3 leavesdry tejpatta/ indian bay leaf
1 inchginger finely sliced / paste
2carrots diced into small pieces
2potatoes diced in big pieces
Bunchgreen beans roughly sliced into half inch sizes
1 small cupmoong dal
1 small cupmasoor dal
1 small cupchana dal
3 tablespoonsblack urad dal
1 small cup'govindobhog' rice/ flavourful small grain rice
1 teaspoonTurmeric powder
to tasteSalt
2dry red chillies
3hot green chillies
1 teaspoonsugar
To be cooked in a pressure cooker

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Steps

1

Heat 4 heaped tablespoons of ghee and add the dry red chilli and tejpatta to it.
2

Add the onions and saute till light brown
3

Add the garlic cloves and saute
4

Add all your veggies(potato, tomato, beans, carrot),ginger, green chilli, sugar, turmeric and salt and saute for 2-3 minutes. Add ghee if your pan is drying out.
5

Wash all the dals and rice together and add it in the pressure cooker over the other items. Add enough water to cover 2 inch over the dals.
6

Pressure cook for 3 whistles. Lower the flame after the first whistle. Let the steam release on it's own once you turn off the gas.
7

Once you open the lid, check if you need to add water to get it to the right consistency(like a very thick soup). Boil don't pressure cook anymore. And it's ready