Quick-fix Meal: DAL KHICHDI

Dal Khichdi

This is totally quick-fix and tastes delicious.

Ingredients:

Rice – 1 cup
Tur Dal – ¾ cup
Water – 3 ½ cups
Onion – 1 (chopped)
Tomato – 1 (chopped)
Garlic – 3-4 cloves (chopped)
Ginger – 1 small piece (grated)
Curry leaves – a few
Green Chillies – 2 (each cut in twos)
Coriander Leaves – 2 tsp (chopped)
Mustard Seeds (Rai) – ½ tsp
Cumin Seeds (Jeera) – ½ tsp
Cloves – 2 (optional)
Cinnamon – 1 teeny-weeny piece (optional)
Turmeric Powder – 1 pinch
Oil – 1 tsp
Ghee – 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Method:

1.       Wash the rice and dal together and keep them in a bowl.

2.       Take a pressure pan and place it on the gas.

3.       Add the oil and once it is hot add the mustard seeds and wait for it to crackle.

4.       Now, add the cumin seeds along with cloves and cinnamon.

5.       Next comes the turn of chillies, curry leaves, ginger, garlic and coriander leaves. Add
them all together to the pan and turn them.

6.       Immediately add the onions and fry till golden in colour.

7.       Add the turmeric powder to the onions and then the tomatoes.

8.       Cook for a couple of minutes before adding salt.

9.       Then pour in the water before adding the dal and rice.

10.   Close the pan and pressure cook the same as you would cook dal – 10 minutes after one whistle and the gas on slow.

The Dal Khichidi is ready to eat when you open the cooker. Add the spoon of ghee to it
before serving it hot with a vegetable raita or just plain curd.