Recipe: Yummy Masala Khichdi

Masala Khichdi. Masala Khichdi is a healthy, easy and quick, wholesome and comforting meal made with rice, dal, vegetables, and Indian spices. Masala Khichdi is a perfect dish to enjoy when you feel lazy or wants to enjoy some light food. In the different region of India, this healthy recipe has a different way to make it.

Then add the rice and dal, and mix well. Last Sunday I made this masala khichdi with vegetables, rice, moong dal and spices easily in a pressure cooker instead of veg biryani. We all loved it very much. You can cook Masala Khichdi using 25 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Masala Khichdi

1. Prepare of Main ingredients.
2. It's of rice.
3. You need of toor dal.
4. Prepare of moong dal.
5. It's of split green moong dal.
6. Prepare of medium sized onions chopped.
7. It's of medium sized potatoes chopped.
8. It's of carrots chopped.
9. It's of fresh pigeon peas.
10. It's of green chillies finely chopped.
11. Prepare of For tempering.
12. It's of oil.
13. Prepare of ghee.
14. It's of mustard seeds.
15. It's of cumin seeds.
16. It's of bay leaf.
17. Prepare of cinnamon sticks.
18. Prepare of Dry spices.
19. You need of Salt.
20. Prepare of red chilli powder.
21. Prepare of turmeric powder.
22. Prepare of khichdi masala.
23. Prepare of Water.
24. Prepare of Served with.
25. Prepare of Gujarati khatti mithi kadhi.

It was a tummy filling, healthy and tasty North Indian style lunch. Usually I make plain moong dal khichdi for Sendhil whenever he suffers from stomach upset problems for easy digestion. It is the best kind of comfort food, but can sometimes be really bland. In this recipe a simple rice and moong dal khichdi is spiced and cooked with the addition of potatoes.

Masala Khichdi instructions

1. In a pressure pan add oil and ghee for tempering. Switch on the gas and the add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, bay leaf and cinnamon sticks..
2. While the tempering is getting heated, in a bowl take rice and all the dals. Wash them properly with water 3-4 times. Add some water and keep it aside..
3. When mustard seeds crackles add chopped onions and let them cook till they turn pinkish..
4. Now add all the dry spices to the pan and cook for a minute..
5. Add all the remaining vegetables and some water and cook for a minute..
6. Finally add the washed dals and rice to the pan with enough water. Close the pressure pan and cook it for two whistles on high flame then simmer the gas and then leave it for 10 minutes and switch off the gas..
7. After the pan cools down serve the ready masala khichdi garnished with spring onions and served with kadhi..

This masala khichdi is a complete meal in itself. Kadhi is a hot yogurt based soup that is traditionally mixed with khichadi. Put these two Gujarati favorites together and you'll see what comfort food is all about. Each and every recipe by rida aftab in urdu and english is available on masala tv. Rida Aftab is known for her expertise cooking skills and tremendous knowledge for different foods.