Plain Khichadi

Khichdi

            Today, I will share my khichdi recipe. There are normally two types of khichadi that can be prepared one simple and the other one is spicy masala khichadi. Khichdi is a very common and favourite dish of many Gujarati families and now not only Gujarati families but it has started being popular all over the world. So, lets see how easy is to make the plain khichadi that can be spiced up with any vegetable recipe of your choice.

Ingredients

1 cup jasmine rice or any Chinese rice is fine

½ cup split moong daal green one

¼ tablespoon salt

½ teaspoon turmeric

½ tablespoon clarified butter or ghee

Pressure cooker

Method

1)      Take the rice and split moong daal mix it and wash it properly for about 3 times with normal water.

2)      Place it in the pressure cooker and add all other ingredients salt, turmeric and ghee

3)      Make sure to add up to half of your index finger water on top of the rice and daal level.

4)      Place it on high flame and let the first whistle blow and then bring it down to medium for about 7-10 minutes while blowing two more whistle.

5)      Depending on the type of the pressure cooker you use when you turn the flame on medium you, might have to blow whistle by your self.

6)      After turn the stove off and wait for 15 minutes before you open the cover, it gives time to settle down.

7)      Open the cover and it’s ready to serve, next time depending on the consistency you like you can add more or less water.

Tips

1)      This is the plain khichadi and it can be accompanied by yogurt curry and cooked vegetables .

2)      Some of the vegetables that can be cooked with plain khichadi are potato and eggplant, onion and potato, green tuvar and potato etc.

Recipes for all these nice vegetables are coming soon………..so lease keep coming back to my blog and support it…….till next time enjoy this recipe.

Spicy masala khichadi will be the next recipe…………..:)