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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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup moong dal
- 3/4 cup Rice basmati rice
- 2 tablespoons Ghee
- 1 teaspoon grated Ginger
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1/4 teaspoon hing/ asafoetida
- 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
- 1/2 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 1/4 tsp 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 1/4 tsp 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.
Rekha's 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.Nutrition
Calories: 287kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 9gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 899mgPotassium: 53mgFiber: 3gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 50IUCalcium: 30mgIron: 1mg