Chana Dal Khichdi
A healthy and comforting one pot rice and chana dal dish.
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice double broken
- 1 cup chana dal split bengal gram
- 2 teaspoon ginger cut in strips
- 2 bay leave
- 1 black cardamom
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilly powder
- salt to taste
- 1/2 cup clarified butter+1 tablespoon
- 6 cups water or as required
Instructions
- Wash and soak chana dal and rice separately in 1 cup water for 2 hours.
- Heat clarified butter in a pressure cooker , add cumin seeds , cardamom , bay leave and ginger strips. Sauté for 1 minute.
- Add Chana dal and rice, give it a nice stir.
- Now add salt , turmeric powder and red chilly powder. Add 5 cups of water or upto 3/4 level of a 5 l cooker , close the lid and cook for 3-4 whistles.
- Remove from heat , let all the pressure evaporates and then open the lid.
- Serve hot with dash of more clarified butter.
Notes
It is the simple version , you may add veggies and more spices to make it different.
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