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Description
This is one simple healthy dish (as all kinds of veggies are added in prep along with lentils ) that everyone must try , as the similar recipe of Pulao contains a lot more calories which takes more time to prepare . Kichidi is a kind of Pilaf where the rice is cooked in the broth of lentils and vegetables ( may or may not include garlic and onion ) . Here the type of kichidi I am sharing is one of a kind where I have used no onion or garlic or spices except to pepper balls . Lentils used may be like pigeon pea or chick pea or beans or split / whole moong dal depending upon regions . People even add garma masala or whole garam masala depending upon regions , but the main ingredient which all regions add is ghee or clarified butter . Different traditional cooking cultures even add meat instead of vegetables or along with vegetables .
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup moong dal
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 4 ghee
- 1/4 cup spinach
- 1/2 cup potatoes
- 1/4 cup carrots
- green beans (chopped few)
- 3 cauliflower florets
- ginger (finely chopped 1 table spoon)
- 3 curry leaves
- green chilies (according to taste)
- 2 pinches turmeric
- salt (according to taste)
- 1/4 tsp. cumin seed
- 1/2 tsp. mustard seeds
- 2 pinches asafoetida
- pepper (Balls few or 7 to 8)
- 3 cashew nuts (optional)
Directions
- Rinse and wash the rice and moong dal and soak in 3 cup of water . Take a pressure cooker add ghee , add in the tempering , when sputters add ginger, chilies and curry leaves.
- Fry for a minutes or two then add in all the veggies and fry for five minutes.
- Now add rice , dal give it a good stir , then add in the water ( water used to soak the rice and dal ) . Toss in salt give a quick stir .
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