



Made by me..Yummy!
Khichdi is the simplest traditional Indian rice item made in almost every Indian home.Usually it is more of a pulpy item but I don’t like it when it is a paste. If you want to make a pulp,cook it for 5 whistles and add more water 💦 than I have recommended. Here’s the recipe
Ingredients:
🥢Small-grain variety of rice if you have it ( I did not have the smaller grain variety so I used basmati) 🍚 🌾 1 cup
🥢Moong Dal (Yellow 💛 Split gram or yellow lentils) 1/2 cup
🥢Carrot 🥕🥕 two
🥢Green peas 1/2 cup
🥢Tomato 🍅🍅 two
🥢Onion 1
🥢1/2 inch ginger
🥢Small garlic cloves 6
🥢Green chillies
🥢French beans a handful or 12 sticks to be specific
🥢You can use any of your favourite vegetables
🥢Desi ghee(clarified butter)2 tbsp
🥢Bay leaf
🥢Pressure cooker
🥢Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
🥢Red chilli powder 🌶️ 1 teaspoon
Preparation
🥢Finely chop the onion and the tomatoes
🥢Cut the beans into medium cylinders
🥢Cut carrots into small blocks
🥢Grate the ginger and garlic
🥢Finely chop the green chillies
🥢Wash the dal and rice 🍚🌾 together four times well. Soak these in boiling hot 🔥 water 💦 for about 20 minutes or even more
🥢Boil the green peas and keep aside
Process
🥢Heat the ghee in a pressure cooker on high flame 🔥 for a minute Then add the bay 🌿 leaf and stir for half a minute
🥢Add the onion. Stir until onion turns transluscent
🥢Add garlic,ginger and green chilly. Stir for a minute
🥢Add 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder. Stir for 1/2 a minute.
🥢Add tomatoes and 1 teaspoon 🧂 salt. Cover with a lid for 5 minutes. Stir in between
🥢Add all vegetables.Stir. Cover with a lid and let it cook for 2 minutes
🥢Add red chilli powder 🌶️ 1 TSP. Stir for a minute
🥢Strain all the water 💦 out of the rice and lentils and add these to the pressure cooker with one teaspoon of salt. Stir well
🥢Add double the amount of water when compared to the amount of rice. So for 1 cup of rice,we add 2cups of water if you want the khichdi to be like the picture shown. If you want it to be pulpy add 4cups of 💦 water. Stir well
🥢Close the pressure cooker properly and let it cook for 2 long whistles or 3 short whistles
🥢For the seasoning, take a small vessel,add 1tablespoon ghee,2 pinches of aesofoetida,1teaspoon cumin seeds,1 tsp mustard seeds and 2 dried red chillies. Add this seasoning to the rice and immediately cover the pressure cooker with a lid. After 1 minute ,it is ready.