Restaurant style masala khichdi
RESTAURANT STYLE MASALA KHICHDI
INGREDIENTS
- Rice – ½ cup [ any rice , I have used basmati ]
- Tuvar / moong dal – ½ cup
- Onion chopped – 1
- Tomato chopped – 1
- Oil + ghee – 1 tbsp
- Few whole garam masala – 2 green cardamom / small piece of cinnamon /2 clove / 1 bayleaf
- Jeera – 1 tsp
- Asafoetida – a pinch
- Green chilli chopped – 1
- Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
- Red chilli pwdr – ½ tsp
- Turmeric – ¼ tsp
- Garam masala pwdr – ½ tsp
- Coriander pwdr – 1 tsp
- Finely chopped coriander leaves – ¼ cup
- Water – 3 ½ cup
- Ghee for serving
PREPARATION
Clean ,wash and soak the dal and rice for 30 mins.
METHOD
Heat oil + ghee in a cooker .
Add jeera and whole garam masala , let it splutter .
Add onions and fry till translucent .
Add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell leaves .
Add tomato + salt and cook till soft .
Add masala pwdr one by one and fry for few seconds.
Add coriander leaves and mix .
Add soaked rice without any water .
Stir and cook for a min.
Add 3 ½ cup water and mix well.
Adjust salt if required .
Pressure cook upto 4 whistles on medium flame .
Allow the pressure to release.
Mash the khichdi with a ladle.
Add ½ cup of hot water ,if the khichdi is very thick .[ optional ]
Serve hot khichdi with any side dish like papad /pickle/dahi /masala papad /omlette.
While serving top it with more ghee .
While serving you can also top it with finely chopped onion + tomato + coriander leaves .
NOTES
- We can also add chopped vegetables like potato /cauliflower /green peas etc.
- If using toor dal ,then you can soak the dal for more time .
- Also we can use chana dal ,again soak chana dal for more time to get the mushy consistency .
- Water quantity depends on the kind of consistency you want .
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