Dal Khichdi Recipe | Moong Dal Khichdi Recipe

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Dal Khichdi, a one pot nutritious meal made with rice, moong dal and mild spices. Khichdi is an Indian staple food which is a blend of cooked lentils and rice seasoned with mild spices. It is an excellent way of eating more protein and balanced carbs which can very well aid your diet. This Moong Dal Khichdi is a very mild for stomach with less spice. Moong Dal is rich in protein and is considered as one of the easy to digest and lightest grain for our tummy. This is a wholesome meal! Serve khichdi hot, and serve the khichdi with pickle, yogurt and papad.

What kind of Rice to be used for Khichdi?

Conventionally short grain rice like sona masoori or ponni raw rice is used. But we can use long grain rice like basmati rice also. Even we can use millets in place of rice to make Khichdi

What dals are suitable fo Khichdi?

Moong dal, Toor dal, Green Moong are widely used dals for Khichdi.

Tips for Dal Khichdi:

Conventionally we use equal part of rice and lentils for khichdi. But we can make the ratio 2:1 (2 rice : 1 dal)
Soaking Rice and Dal for 20 mins helps to get nicely and mushy khichdi in pressure cooker
We can combine multiple dals like toor dal, masoor dal or green moong along with yellow split moong dal
We can make Khichdi without onions also. We can add chopped veggies like carrot, beans, potato to make the khichdi more nutritious.
Consistency of Khichdi is our preference. I like mushy texture so added 3.5 cups of water ½cup moong+½cup rice. If you want like porridge consistency, you can increase the water consistency by 1 cup. Or if you want more dry and crumbly texture try adding less water
Ghee gives the ultimate taste to khichdi. So always use ghee. If you are diet conscious use coconut oil
We can add a tempering of cumin, curry leaves, chopped garlic to the prepared khichdi for added variation
Serve Khichdi hot with a topping of ghee along with pickle, papad and curd!

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Instructions with Step by Step Pictures:

SOAKING RICE

Take rice, moong dal in a vessel. Wash it thorougly twice. Add fresh water and soak the rice and dal for 20 mins

COOKING KHICHDI

Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add bayleaf, cumin seeds and allow the cumin seeds to crackle

Then add slit green chili, grated ginger and curry leaves and saute it for few seconds

Next, add the sliced onions and saute the onions till translucent.

Once the onions become translucent, add tomato and mix well.

Also add green peas to the pressure cooker.

Add turmeric powder and asafoetida.

Now, drain water from soaked dal+rice and add the dal and rice to the pressure cooker

Then, add 3.5 cups of water. If you want porridge consistency, add 4.5 cups of water. Add necessary salt and give everything a good mix

Close the pressure cooker with lid and secure it with the weight. Allow the khichdi to cook for 3-4 whistles. We need nicely cooked dal and rice. Once the pressure is fully released, open the pressure cooker's lid. Garnish the khichdi with coriander leaves.