how to prepare kichidi
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Ingredients
▢½ cup moong dal (split and husked mung lentils)
▢½ cup rice - you can add any rice, regular short or medium grained rice or even basmati
▢1 small to medium sized onion - finely chopped
▢1 medium sized tomato - chopped
▢½ inch ginger - finely chopped or grated
▢1 small green mirch - chopped
▢1 teaspoon cumin seeds
▢¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
▢1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
▢3.5 cups water - for a more thin consistency, add 4 to 4.5 cups water
▢1.5 tablespoon oil or ghee (clarified butter)
▢salt as required
Instructions
Preparation
Rinse and wash moong lentils and rice together.
Soak both of them for 30 minutes in water.
Making Khichdi
Heat 2 tbsp ghee or oil in pressure cooker. Add cumin. When cumin splutters then add onions.
Saute onions till translucent. No need to make onions light brown or golden brown.
Once the onions become translucent, then add tomatoes, green chilli and ginger.
Stir and add turmeric powder and asafoetida. Saute till the tomatoes softens.
Drain the rice and moong lentils and add them to the pressure cooker.
Stir for a minute. Pour with water and season with salt.
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Cooking Khichdi
Close the lid tightly and pressure cook on a high flame for 6-7 whistles.
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If it becomes too thick, then add some water and stir well.
Keep on sim or low flame to simmer till you get the right consistency.
The consistency of khichdi can be adjusted as per your choice by adding less or more water. Some people prefer thick and some thin consistency.
Once it is cooked then top it with ghee while serving. Optional step.
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Serve moong dal khichdi hot with curd (yogurt) and accompanying salad.
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Anita Lobo
Aug 27, 2019 at 4:52 pm
Soul food on a winter night accompanied by pappad, pickle and yogurt ????5 stars
Dassana Amit
Aug 27, 2019 at 5:56 pm
true that. thanks for the rating.
Paras Choudhary
Jul 13, 2019 at 2:11 am
I have been using your recipes for years now. Thank you Dassana!
Dassana Amit
Jul 13, 2019 at 7:51 pm
thanks a lot paras. glad to read your comment. welcome and happy cooking.
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