🍲 Khichdi (South Asian Rice and Lentils)

Name: Khichdi (South Asian Rice and Lentils)
Ingredients: 1 teacup rice; 1 teacup dal (e.g. moong dhal, arhar dal or masoor dal or combination thereof); Salt to taste; 1 tsp turmeric powder

Indian · 4 ingredients · 5 steps

Khichdi is a popular dish in the Indian state of Gujarat, where many families prefer it as a dinner. There also exist many variations of it across India.

serves 22

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Ingredients

1 teacup rice
1 teacup dal (e.g. moong dhal, arhar dal or masoor dal or combination thereof)
Salt to taste
1 tsp turmeric powder

Method

Wash rice and lentils and soak them for 10–15 minutes in water.
Add salt and turmeric powder.
Pressure cook with 3–4 cups of water.
After the first whistle, reduce the heat and cook for 4–5 more minutes.
Allow to cool. Serve with ghee or buttermilk.

Where this came from. Adapted from Khichdi (South Asian Rice and Lentils) in the Wikibooks Cookbook, written by its contributors and published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page changes the layout and nothing else: the ingredients, the quantities and the steps are the source's. If you improve on it, the Cookbook welcomes edits.

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