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-
PROCEDURE-
- 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-
- Wash rice and daal 2-3 times with enough water.
- Now soak them together in 3 cups of water for 15 minutes.
- 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.
- Pressure cook on medium heat for 3 whistles or cook till it become soft and mushy.
- When cooker cool down completely open the cooker and mash it with a laddle.
- Now add 3.5 cups of hot water in the cooker and mix well.
- Add salt,turmeric, chili powder,coriander powder,chopped green chilies and ginger.
- Mix well and cover the pan with a lid to avoid spluttering and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
- Heat ghee in a small pan and add cumin seeds and asafoetida
- When cumin become golden ,remove from the flame, add a pinch of chili powder and pour over the khichdi and mix.
- Now switch off the flame and add lemon juice and chopped fresh coriander and mix.
- Serve hot with a spoon ful of ghee on top.
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.
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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