Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, khichdi. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Khichdi also known as khichadi or khichuri is a comfort food that's most commonly eaten all over India. Khichdi recipe with step by step photos - delicious one-pot comfort meal of rice and moong lentils. Even doctors recommend khichdi to patients.

Khichdi is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Khichdi is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have khichdi using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Khichdi:

1. Make ready 1/2 cup moong+masoor dal
2. Take 1/2 cup rice - you can add any rice, regular short or medium-grained rice or even basmati
3. Get 1 small to medium sized onion - finely chopped
4. Prepare 1 medium sized tomato - chopped
5. Take 1/2 inch ginger - finely chopped
6. Make ready 1 dry red chilly
7. Make ready 1 small green mirch - chopped
8. Take 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
9. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
10. Prepare 1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
11. Get 1/2 teaspoon Kitchen King Masala (This gives extra flavor)
12. Make ready 4-4.5 cups water
13. Prepare 2 tablespoon oil or ghee (clarified butter)
14. Get salt as required

Khichdi is an ancient Ayurvedic recipe which has been part of diet since ages. It is easy to digest A lot of people amongst you must have made faces after hearing the word khichdi. Moong Dal Khichdi is a complete meal in itself. For those unaware, khichdi is a complete meal made with rice and lentils which are pressure cooked together and in India it's synonyms with illness.

Steps to make Khichdi:

1. Rinse and wash ½ cup moong+masoor lentils and ½ cup rice together very well. soak both of them together for 30 minutes in water. Then drain and keep aside.
2. Heat 1.5 tbsp ghee or oil in a pressure cooker. Add ¾ tsp cumin/jeera, 1 dry red chilly
3. When cumin splutters then add finely chopped onions (1 small to medium-sized onion). Saute onions till translucent.
4. Once the onions become translucent, then add 1 medium sized chopped tomato, 1 small sized chopped green chilli and ½ inch chopped ginger (or grated ginger)
5. Stir and add 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder and a pinch of asafoetida (thing), and 1/2 teaspoon kitchen king masala
6. Saute till the tomatoes soften
7. Add the drained rice and moong lentils to the pressure cooker. stir for a minute
8. Add 4 to 4.5 cups water. Add salt and 1/2 teaspoon ghee as required. Stir well
9. Close the lid tightly and pressure cook on a high flame for 6 to 7 whistles.
10. And your Khichdi is ready to be served. Serve Hot.
11. I love my Khichdi to be served with tomato chutney, roasted papad, and baigan bhaja as accompaniments

Read the full khichdi recipes here! Khichdi is typically seasoned with turmeric and salt and served with a spoonful of ghee or clarified butter on top. collection of khichdi recipes : Moong Dal Khichadi, Bajra Khichdi, Buckwheat Khichdi, Dal Khichadi, Masoor Dal and Palak Khichdi, Spicy Khichdi with Curry Sauce, Panchmel Khichdi. Khichdi is a very popular recipe prepared with rice, dal and some spices. It is not only filling and delicious but also very comforting. I usually prepare it with tur dal or moong dal or masoor dal or a.

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