Khichdi recipe - Dal Khichdi

Khichdi recipe - Dal Khichdi

khichdi is a complete, Indian one pot meal or casserole dish from Indian region. A delicious combination of lentils and rice cooked with vegetables. Learn to make khichdi with these easy steps.

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Course: Breakfast, Main Course

Cuisine: Indian, indian cuisine

Keyword: khichdi, khichri, one pot meal

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 20

Total Time: 25

Servings:

Calories: 287kcal

Author: Rekha Kakkar

Ingredients

½ cup moong dal
¾ cup Rice basmati rice
2 tablespoons Ghee
1 teaspoon grated Ginger
1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
¼ teaspoon hing/ asafoetida
1 teaspoon garam masala powder
½ teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
1.5 teaspoons Salt
5 cups Water

Instructions

Khichdi in Pressure Cooker

To prepare the Dal Khichdi, first clean, rinse and soak the lentil and rice in water for 10 – 15 minutes.
Wash and soak rice in a separate bowl as well. ( However if you are in a hurry, you can totally skip soaking step because these all are quick cooking lentils and pressure cook fast)
Drain out water from lentils and rice and keep them aside.
In a pressure cooker, heat ghee or oil add cumin seeds, and allow them to splutter for 1-2 minutes.
Add ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt and a dash of garam masala.
Now tip in lentils and rice in the pressure cooker, and saute for 2-3 minutes to glaze the rice and dal with ghee and spices.
Add 4 cups of water in the pressure cooker and stir all the ingredients to mix them nicely.
Pressure cook dal khichdi for 2-3 whistles over medium to low heat.Allow it to cool naturally before opening the lid of pressure cooker.
To be safe first check that all steam is escaped from the pressure cooker and then open the lid.Serve this khichdi piping hot in a bowl.
Top it with small dollop of ghee and serve along with raita, papad, salad or sliced onions. ENJOY!

INSTANT POT KHICHDI

You can easily make khichdi in an Instant pot. All you need to do is follow first 3 steps given in above method.
Switch on the IP on saute mode and in the inner pot of instant pot add ghee.
Next add cumin seeds, and ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt and a dash of garam masala.
Add lentils and rice in the Instant pot, and saute for 2-3 minutes to glaze the rice and dal with ghee and spices.
Add 4 cups of water in the instant pot and stir all the ingredients to mix them nicely.
Cook on medium pressure mode for 5 minutes.
Allow the natural release of pressure for 5 minutes and then bring the valve to venting position for steam to escape entirely.
Open the instant pot and enjoy warm bowl of Khichdi in 10 or so minutes if you make khichdi in the Instant pot.

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Notes

You can add chopped veggies like potatoes, onion, peas and carrots etc.
You can add Soya granules/ TVP to make it even more protein-rich.
Garam masala powder adds a nice warm taste.
Hing/asafoetida makes it easy to digest and it is especially good in winters.

Instant Pot Khichdi

I have given instructions for cooking Khichdi in Instant pot in recipe above. So you can easily make khichdi in Instant Pot.

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