Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, plain khichdi. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Plain khichdi is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Plain khichdi is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have plain khichdi using 5 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Plain khichdi:

1. Prepare 1 cup regular rice (not basmati)
2. Get 1/2-3/4 cup Dal (tuver/yellow mung/green mung Dal)
3. Get as per taste Salt
4. Make ready 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
5. Get 2 tbsp ghee

It is prepared by pressure cooking moong dal, some tuvar dal and rice together with turmeric, salt and water. Khichdi is the very healthy and stomach cooling dish found all over Asia. As per ayurvedic diet it is good for our health. There are many different ways to prepare plain khichdi like rice & Tur dal.

Instructions to make Plain khichdi:

1. Mix rice and dal, wash well for a few times and soak in water at least 1/2 an hour. Put them in the cooker along with water. The water should be about 2 inches above the surface of rice-dal mixture. Add salt and turmeric powder.
2. Let it boil uncovered on low heat till the rice grains are almost cooked. They should look puffed as shown in the picture. Most of the water will be absorbed by this time (You may have to add some more water at this point if required and if you like khichdi softer). Ensure that there is some water to cook for 5 more minutes after closing the lid. Add a tbsp ghee and cover the lid. Let it cook for 3-5 mins on very low heat. Remove the cooker from heat and let it cool.
3. Take it out in a serving bowl. Pour another tbsp of ghee and serve hot with kadhi or shak with curry, papad, achar and onion. We love eating khichdi with brinjal-potato shak / potato shak.

But making even a plain khichdi everyday can get tedious. Down to Earth brings to you Plain Khichdi which is in a ready to eat form. You may add about a tablespoon of ghee (clarified butter) and whip it into the khichdi before serving. Khichdi is prepared slightly differently depending on what region you're from in India. Below is the way my family makes this dish: with a few simple spices and plenty of ghee.

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