Khichuri Recipe
Khichuri Recipe
Cuisine: BengaliKhichuri Recipe: Khichuri is a comforting one-pot meal made with rice, lentils, and sometimes mixed with vegetables. It’s a staple dish, especially during festivals or on rainy days.
Ingredients
4 medium potatoes (cubed)
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 1/4 cup green gram split,
(moong dal) roasted
250 gms cauliflower
6 cup water (approx)
salt to taste
6 green chillies
1 1/4 cup rice1 1/4 cups
2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 cup peas
4 tblsp Ghee
2 Bay Leaves
3 Red Chillies Whole
4 Green Cardamoms
6 Cloves
2 Cinnamon 1 inch pieces
Directions
- Roast moong dal, cut cauliflower florets and slit green chillies.
- Make a paste of turmeric powder, cumin powder and red chilli powder.
- Wash rice and drain.
- Take sufficient water in a big size pot and stir fry dal and rice in it.
- Check When the rice is half done
- Mix in masala paste, green chillies and vegetables,
- Simmer (boil slowly at low temperature) till they are cooked.
- In the meanwhile dal and rice will also be cooked.
- Make a flavor by heating ghee mix in red chillies, bay leaves, garam masala
- Now stir fry for a minute.
- Stir in the flavor mixture into cooked khichuri.
- Serve hot with pure ghee on top.
