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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fabulously done looks delicious
Looks very delicious and inviting Sapana, I am always looking for such one pot meals..
Awesome and delicious looking khichdi. My idea of a healthy and tasty meal in this monsoon season.
Deepa
Very flavorful and healthy!
healthy kichadi
inviting recipe
Such a comforting food na, even loved it very much, thanks for the mention Sapana.
This is a nice pick. Never used masoor dal in khichdi before. It looks really good.
Khichdi looks good and am glad you are able to try out some of the recipes from the mega BM.