Moong Daal Pulao, Sookhi Khichdi
Moong Daal Pulao/ Sookhi Khichdi - a very healthy delicious rice and lentil pulao, a quick and easy to make one pot meal
Servings: 4 person
Calories: 425kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice/ Chawal
- 1/2 cup Yellow Lentil/ Moong Daal
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric/ Haldi
- To Taste Salt
- 4 tbsp Fresh Coriander/ Hara Dhaniya
- 1.5 tbsp Ginger/ Adrak chopped
Tempering/ tadka/waghar
- 5 tbsp Ghee/cooking oil
- 2 Green chili/ Hari mirch slit
- 5 Cloves/ Lavang
- 1 tsp Peppercorn/ Sabut Kali Mirch
- 1 tsp Cumin seed/ Jeera
- 10 Curry leaves
- 4 Dried red chili
Instructions
- Wash daal and rice and soak in enough water for 15 minutes.
- Heat ghee or oil in a heavy bottom pan or in the pressure cooker.
- Add cumin seeds and let it start to crackle.
- Now add all the tempering ingredients-jeera,cloves,peppercorn,whole red chili,green chili, curry leaves and saute.
- Drain the water from the soaked rice and lentil and add in the pan.
- Add salt,turmeric ,ginger and saute for a minute on medium heat.
- Add 2 cups of water and cook till done or pressure cook for a whistle.(if you are cooking in the pan then you may need to add some more water,depending on the quality of rice)
- Now add some chopped coriander and serve hot with a tsp of ghee on top.
- Serve hot with dahi, raita or kadhi and some fresh salad
Nutrition
Calories: 425kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 83mg | Potassium: 101mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 165IU | Vitamin C: 54mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 3mg