Khichdi is comfort food of India. The preparation is the same but the additions and flavours vary across. Its ven pongal in south and khichdi in north. It is basically rice and lentil that is so easy on stomach and helps to digest specially when you are down with fever. Broken wheat(dalia) is good for people who like less sugar conversion from food as it takes time to break down and keeps you full for long. While millets have been a primary source of food in many interior parts of India and people have been eating it for ages where rice cannot be grown , it is now making a come back under the famous tag “healthy”. While we enjoy couscous , quinoa and the likes let us also stick to our staple food .
Need –
- Millet (Foxtail ) – 1 cup
- Dalia / Broken wheat – 1 cup
- Yellow moong – 1/2 cup
- Chopped – tomato – 1
- Chopped – carrot
- Ghee – 3 tbsp
- Jeera – 2 tsp
- Green chilli – 1
- Crushed pepper – 1 tsp
- Turmeric – 1 tsp
- Sambar powder / garam masala – 1 tsp
- salt
- Ginger – chopped – 1 tsp
- Water – 5 cups
Process –
- In a pan dry roast the millet and dalia and the moong.
- Soak the millet and dalia while you prepare the rest.
- In a pressure cooker , add 1 tbsp ghee, temper jeera, chilli , ginger and pepper.
- Add the chopped tomato and cook till its mushy.
- Add the carrot. You may choose to add more vegetable if its for a simple dinner- like peas , cabbage, potato , onion or turnip or even spinach
- Now add the dalia and millet + moong. Add salt, turmeric and the masala.
- Add the water , give a mix and cook for 4 whistles or till its cooked and mushy.
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