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Khichdi

Name: How to cook Khichdi - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Us

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Khichdi

#India Khichdi is a traditional Indian comfort food made of rice, lentils & vegetables. This one-pot easy to prepare meal is very tasty, easy to digest & wholesome. Different part of India has their own version of khichdi. Here I am sharing the basic recipe of Khichdi.

Ingredient

Food ration :

2 people

Cooking time :

30 minutes

1/2 cup

short grain rice

1/2 cup

lentils (moog daal/toor Dal/masoor daal)

medium sized diced potato

1/4 cup

cauliflower florets

1/4 cup

green peas

1/4 cup

diced carrot

green chillies(slitted)

1/2 teaspoon

whole cumin seeds

bay leaf

1/4 cup

chopped onion

2 cloves

garlic

2 tablespoon

ghee/cooking oil

1/2 teaspoon

garam masala powder

1 teaspoon

salt

1 teaspoon

turmeric powder

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

First wash all the vegetables, rice & lentil properly then cut the vegetables in desired pieces.

* Step 2

Now In a pressure cooker heat up some ghee/oil and add temper the oil with whole cumin seeds, slit green chillies & bay leaf.

* Step 3

Add chopped onion once the cumin seeds start crackling & saute.

* Step 4

Now add whole garlic cloves & saute with the onion, it will brings nice flavor to the khichdi. Then add 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder & mix well into the oil.

* Step 5

After that add cauliflower florets & saute for a while then add all the other vegetables one by one & saute.

* Step 6

Now add pre washed rice-lentils & mix well with the other vegetables. Saute for 5-6 minutes then add garam masala powder & salt as per taste.

* Step 7

After that add 5 cups of water & stir well.Now pressure cook the mixture for upto 2 whistle on medium high heat.

* Step 8

Now take the cooker out of flame & wait until it releases all the pressure. Once the pressure has released open the lid and mix well with the help of a spatula. Khichdi is ready to be served.