Mixed Lentils Khichadi - One Pot Meal. It was khichdi, a soul-warming, one-pot meal of rice, lentils, and spices. Easy to make, easy to digest, it's a common first food for South Asian babies. Khichdi was a constant in my upbringing,.
You can cook Mixed Lentils Khichadi - One Pot Meal using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Mixed Lentils Khichadi - One Pot Meal
- It’s 1/3 cup of Black Eyed Peas (chawli, lobia).
- Prepare 1/3 cup of Green Gram Full (moong dal).
- You need 1/3 cup of Lentils Full Masoor (massor dal).
- You need 1/3 cup of Lentils Full Black ( urad dal).
- You need 1/2 cup of Basmati Rice / Regular Brand.
- Prepare 2 cups of Broccoli florets.
- You need 1 of onion large Chopped.
- You need 2 tbsps of butter Clarified (ghee) / Refined oil.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Garlic Paste.
- Prepare 1 of Bay leaf Dry.
- Prepare 2 of cardamom Black (badi or moti elichi).
- Prepare 1 inch of Cinnamon stick.
- Prepare a pinch of Asafoetida.
- Prepare 2 tsps of Cumin jeera (.
- You need 1/2 tsp of Turmeric (haldi).
- Prepare 1 tsp of chili powder Red.
- You need 2 tsps of Masala Shahi Biryani (I used Everest).
- It’s of Salt as per taste.
- You need of Coriander Freshly Chopped to garnish.
In this vegetable khichdi, I have used carrot, green peas, beans, cauliflower along with onion tomato. Cook on high heat, partially covered. Shahi Khichdi is a rich preparation with rice, mixed lentils, and vegetables along with various roasted nuts included. This is a one pot meal even and very quick to make, even though it has a long ingredient list.
Mixed Lentils Khichadi - One Pot Meal instructions
Take a bowl; add all the lentils to it (not the rice) wash them under running water. Add sufficient water and soak the lentils for two hours. Separately wash the rice under running water, drain and set aside..
In the meantime, chop the onions, wash and slice the broccoli florets, mince the garlic and get all your spices ready for the cooking..
After 2 hours, drain the lentils; wash rice under running water, drain and set aside. Now take a heavy bottom pan or pressure cooker (you can cook this khichadi directly in the pressure cooker) once the pan or cooker is hot add clarifies butter, add to it asafoetida, cumin, minced garlic, bay leaf, cinnamon, black cardamom and sauté for a min..
Then add the onions and sauté till the onions are golden brown, next add turmeric, red chili powder, biryani masala. Sauté again for 2 minutes and then add the broccoli florets..
After about a minute, add the lentils along with the rice and 3-4 cups of water. Add salt, check the seasoning..
Cook for 20-25 minutes on medium flame (2 whistles on medium flame).
Serve hot with a dollop of clarified butter, roasted poppadum’s, crud or spicy pickle..
Kitchari / Khichdi Kitchari means mixture, and is a one pot meal of lentils and rice, traditionally made with a little ghee (clarified butter) and spices. I don't believe any garlic or onion are used traditionally, as they are stimulating. Similarly, I think the addition of vegetables to this simple mixture may be a more recent thing. Easy, healthy, one-pot quinoa and lentil khichdi is full of veggies. It is perfect for when you want a easy healthy one pot meal that is interesting.
