Bihari Khichdi

For the last week of BM #42 , I am doing recipes from April’s Mega BM . I kind of stuck when it comes to choose from more then 800 recipes . So I decided to go on with recipes for that I have ingredients with me. First from the list is Bihari khichdi that I cooked from +Priya Suresh and +Nisha Sundar ‘s blog . This is a very simple , delicious and healthy khichdi to try on. We all loved it with it’s chaar yaar. So let’s start the recipe . Yum

See the original recipe here and here.

Ingredients:
1 cup rice
1/2 cup moong dal / split green gram
1/2 cup masoor dal / split red lentil
1 cup mixed vegetables (peas , potatoes ,tomatoes , capsicum )
2 dry red chillies
1 bay leave
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon ginger, grated
1 teaspoon garlic , grated
4 tablespoon clarified butter

To grind:
 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 teaspoon coriander seeds
1 teaspoon garam masala
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 green cardamom
1 black cardamom
4 cloves
1 cinnamon stick

Method:
Roast all the ingredients under “to grind” on a preheated tawa for 1 minute. Cool and grind to make a fine powder. Set it aside.

Heat clarified butter in a cooker , add cumin sedds , dery red chilly , bay leave , and ginger and garlic.Saute for a minute.
Add moong and masoor dal and fry for 2 minutes till they turns slightly brown.
Add the rice , cook for 2 minutes and than add chopped vegetables , 3 cups of water and salt. Close the lid and cook for 2-3 whistles.
Open the lid when the steam gets released , add the ground spice powder and mix well.

Serve hot with chutney , papad , curd and pickle.

Enjoy!!

Serve-3   Cooking time-20 minutes

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