Dal khichdi|Yellow lentils rice| One pot cooking |Easy Lunch Recipe

Lunch recipe: Dal Khichdi

Servings : 2

Duration: 30 mins

Dal khichdi is a kind of thick porridge 🥣 which contains mixed vegetables, Yellow lentils, rice, spices, cilantro, mint leaves and few add ons. It’s so simple to make and a good way to have healthy food with lots of vegetables. A quick meal packed with veggies, protein and spices cooked in one-pot, you can cook either in pressure cooker or electric cooker both works out well.

This dish originated from both south India and North India but I made few changes in my recipe which turned out tasty, healthy and authentic. I hope you could try and enjoy 😊

Let’s start with Ingredients and follows Procedure

Ingredients:

Split Yellow Moong Dal/ Yellow Lentils – 80 gms ( wash & soak 15 mins)
White Rice – 80 gms ( wash twice and keep aside)
Carrot – 1 – Diced – ( Peel off )
Red Radish – 5 – diced
White radish – 1 – Diced ( Peel off)
Onion – 1 small – diced
Tomato 🍅 – 1 medium – finely chopped
Ginger garlic paste – 1/2 Tb sp
Mint leaves – 20 – wash & chop
Coriander leaves- wash & chop
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 5
Salt – 1/2 Tb sp
Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder – 1 tsp
Green chillies – 3 – slits
Coriander Powder – 1 Tb sp
Butter – 1 Tb sp
Water – 560 ml

Procedure:

Keep a heavy bottomed pan or cooker over medium heat
Add butter, cumin seeds, green chillies, curry leaves. Saute a minute
Next add ginger garlic paste and chopped onions
Saute 2 mins and add tomato, mix well and stir till it becomes soft
Then Add Red radish, carrot and white radish, combine well.
Next add salt, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, coriander leaves , mint leaves and coriander leaves. Mix everything well for a minute
Immediately add rice and moong Dal or yellow lentils. Mix well and add water
Close with lid and put whistle, cook it over medium heat for 3 whistles
Turn off heat and let the pressure goes off, open lid slowly and mix well
Serve hot with any crunchy sides like potato chips or boondi 😋
Happy Cooking 😊 Happy Weekend