Masala Khichdi

Masala Khichdi is a different variant of khichdi, a healthy and full packed nutritious meal ideal for lunch or dinner with step by step pictures is given below...



INGREDIENTS:

• Rice, 2 cups
• Toovar dal (yellow lentils), 1/2 cup
• Moong dal, (green lentils), 1/2 cup
• Onions, 1-2 finely chopped
• Peanuts, 1/4 cup
• Green chillies, 2-3
• Ginger-garlic paste, 1/2 tblspn
• Turmeric, 1/2 tspn
• Coriander powder, 1/2 tblsp 
• Coriander leaves, chopped, 1/2 cup
• Bay leaf, 1
• Cumin seeds, 1/2 tblspn
• Cloves,2-3
• Cinnamon, 1 stick
• Black pepper, 1-2
• Oil+ghee, 2 tblspn
• Salt, as per taste

Serves: 2-3

Recipe Type: Main Course

RECIPE:

• Firstly, wash rice, toovar dal, moong dal together, and soak them in water for about 15 mins.
• Take a deep vessel, add ghee+oil.
• When its hot, add cumin seeds, when it splutters, add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper. And fry for few seconds.
• Now add onions and fry till translucent.
• Add green chillies, Ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder and fry for 2 mins.

• Now add soaked rice, straining its water.
• Fry for few mins.
• Add peanuts.

• Add 5-6 cups of water.
• Add coriander leaves, salt. Mix well.

• Cook till all the water dries and give it a dum i.e covering it with a lid till air evaporates from sides.
• Serve it with Curd chutney.

Notes:

• You can add any vegetable of your choice to give it a variation.