Moong Daal Khichdi
Yellow Moong Daal Khichdi -Mildly spiced Yellow lentil and Rice khichdi-Uttar Pradesh Style
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Yellow Lentil / Moong Daal (dhuli huee)
- 3/4 cup Rice/chawal raw
- 1 Tomatoes / Tamatar chopped
- 1 tsp Green Chillies / Hari Mirch chopped
- 1.5 tsp Ginger / Adrak chopped
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Ras
- 2 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
- 1 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
- 1 tsp Coriander Powder / Dhaniya Powder
- 1.5 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- 1/2 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
- 2.5 tbsp Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee *
- Salt / Namak to taste
Instructions
- 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) 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 ladle.
- 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 full of ghee on top.
Notes
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.
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.