Dal Khichdi

Name: Dal Khichdi
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup toor dal; 1 cup rice; 4 medium onions finely chopped; 4 medium tomatoes finely chopped; 2 tbsp finely chopped garlic; 2 tbsp finely chopped ginger; 1 tbsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp turmeric; 1/8 tsp hing; 1 tsp jeera; 1 bay leaf; 1 small stick cinnamon; 1/2 cup finely chopped coriander; 1 lemon juice; 2-3 Kashmiri red chillies; 1/4 cup raw peanuts; 2 tbsp ghee; 1 tbsp oil; 1/2 tsp jeera; 1/2 tsp finely chopped garlic; 1 pinch red chilli powder

Amisha Chheda @amychheda

Chembur Mumbai

#riceisthebest
This is restaurant style Dal Khichdi, delicious yet healthy, do give it a try.

Amisha Chheda @amychheda

Chembur Mumbai

#riceisthebest
This is restaurant style Dal Khichdi, delicious yet healthy, do give it a try.

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Ingredients

1 cuptoor dal
1 cuprice
4medium onions finely chopped
4medium tomatoes finely chopped
2 tbspfinely chopped garlic
2 tbspfinely chopped ginger
1 tbspred chilli powder
1 tspturmeric
1/8 tsp hing
1 tspjeera
1bay leaf
1small stick cinnamon
1/2 cupfinely chopped coriander
1lemon juice
2-3Kashmiri red chillies
1/4 cup raw peanuts
2 tbspghee
For tadka
1 tbspoil
1/2 tspjeera
1/2 tspfinely chopped garlic
1 pinchred chilli powder

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Steps

1

Wash the toor Dal and put it in a pressure cooker add salt and 1 pinch turmeric and cook it for 1 vissel over high flame. Similarly wash rice and add water and salt and cook it for 2 vissels over high flame and keep both of them aside. Do not soak the Dal and rice in advance.
2

In a cooking pan take 2 tbsp ghee, once the ghee becomes hot add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, jeera and whole red chillies and let it cook for 1 minute. Then add hung and again cook it for 30 seconds.
3

Then add finely chopped onions to the pan and cook the onion for 5-8minutes till they turn translucent. Then add chopped ginger and mix well and again cook it for another 8-10minutes on medium to slow flame. Then add garlic and mix well and again cook it for another 2-3minutes.
4

Then add finely chopped tomatoes mix well, then add red chilli powder, turmeric powder and mix well, let the masala cook for 5-8 minutes, then add raw peanuts mix well and cook it for another 5 minutes.
5

Then add the cooked Dal and rice mix well, add finely chopped coriander and cook it on low flame for 10-15minutes.
6

After 15minutes of cooking the mixture will thicken, then add lemon juice, adjust the seasoning by adding salt and red chilli powder, mix well and cook it on low flame for another 10minutes, then switch off the gas.
7

For the tadka heat oil in a small pan, once the oil becomes hot add jeera, garlic a the red chilli powder, cook it for 20 seconds and pour it over the Khichdi, garnish with coriander and serve hot.

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Amisha Chheda @amychheda

on March 31, 2019 18:20

Chembur Mumbai

Cooking is not only a hobby, it's my passion, I started with baking & gradually expanded to cooking various cuisines. I love traveling & trying out different cuisines of the world.