Thursday, 18 September 2014

MOONG DAL KHICHDI !!!!


I adopted this recipe from the blog MAAYEKA. Here i have added veggies like carrot & green peas for extra taste & health.  & i used ginger-garlic paste instead of ginger.  This khichdi is best for kids & patients as it is easy to digest & yummy to eat.

INGREDIENTS-
  • Yellow lentil/Moong daal- 3/4 cup
  • Raw rice-3/4 cup
  • Tomato,chopped-1
  • carrot, chopped -1 medium
  • green peas (fresh/frozen) - 1/2 cup
  • Green chilies,chopped- 1tsp (i skipped this)
  • Ginger-garlic paste - 1tsp
  • Lemon juice- 1 tbsp ( i skipped this)
  • Fresh coriander,chopped- 2 tbsp
  • Turmeric/Haldi-1/2 tsp
  • Chili powder/Mirch- 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder/Dhaniya- 1tsp
  • Salt- to taste
  • Cumin seeds/Jeera -1.5 tsp
  • Asafoetida/Hing- 1/2 tsp
  • Ghee- 2.5 tbsp

PROCEDURE-
  1. Wash rice and daal 2-3 times with enough water.
  2. Now soak them together in 3 cups of water for 15 minutes.
  3. Add soaked rice,daal (along with the water in which it is soaked ) , chopped carrot, green peas, 1 chopped tomato and 1 tsp of ghee in the pressure cooker.
  4. Pressure cook on medium heat for 3 whistles or cook till it become soft and mushy.
  5. When cooker cool down completely open the cooker and mash it with a laddle.
  6. Now add 3.5 cups of hot water in the cooker and mix well.
  7. Add salt,turmeric, chili powder,coriander powder,chopped green chilies and ginger.
  8. Mix well and cover the pan with a lid to avoid spluttering and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
  9. Heat ghee in a small pan and add cumin seeds and asafoetida
  10. When cumin become golden ,remove from the flame, add a pinch of chili powder and pour over the khichdi and mix.
  11. Now switch off the flame and add lemon juice and chopped fresh coriander and mix.
  12. Serve hot with a spoon ful of ghee on top.
Serving suggestions-serve hot with yogurt,papad,salad,pickle and chutney


    NOTE-
    1-You can also add a cup of chopped mix vegetables,i.e carrot,peas,beans,capsicum,bottle gourd etc at step 3 ,to make it more healthy,nutritious and filling one pot meal.
    2-You can add some more water at step -6 if you want to make it thin and watery.
    3-Can also make this with split green gram daal(moong daal chilka)
    4-This khichdi will tend to thickens as it cools down, if it happens then add some hot water and give it a boil before serving. 



    HAPPY COOKING :))))))

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