Moong Dal Khichdi
Moong Dal Khichdi

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Moong Dal Khichdi is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Moong Dal Khichdi is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook moong dal khichdi using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

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The ingredients needed to make Moong Dal Khichdi:
  1. Prepare 1/2 cup moong dal (split)
  2. Get 1/2 cup rice
  3. Get 1 tbsp ghee or oil
  4. Make ready 1 tsp cumin seeds
  5. Get 1 bay leaf
  6. Prepare 1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
  7. Get 1 onion finely chopped
  8. Make ready 1 green chilli chopped
  9. Take 1/2 inch ginger grated
  10. Make ready 1 tomato finely chopped
  11. Take 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  12. Take To taste salt
  13. Get as needed water
  14. Prepare 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Khichdi with a dollop of butter is amazing. It just melts in your mouth. You can also add ghee, but I'm not a fan of eating ghee raw. Khichdi also goes perfectly with yogurt and achaar (pickle).

Steps to make Moong Dal Khichdi:
  1. Wash rice and dal together for a couple of times. Drain water completely and keep them aside.
  2. Heat ghee or oil in a pan and saute cumin seeds and bay leaf on a low flame for 1 minute.
  3. Add onion, green chilli, ginger and hing. Fry till onion turns translucent.
  4. Add tomato and cook till it turns soft and mushy.
  5. Add turmeric powder, salt and saute for few seconds. Add little water and cook for a minute or two.
  6. Now add drained moong dal and rice. Saute on a low flame for 3-4 minutes or till moong dal turns aromatic.
  7. Pour water and stir well. Season with salt. Then transfer it to a pressure cooker. Close the lid and pressure cook for 2 whistles on a medium flame for grainy consistency. And for porridge consistency cook for 4 whistles.
  8. Once the pressure settles, open the lid, add coriander leaves and mix gently.
  9. Finally serve moong dal khichdi hot or warm with curd or pickles.

You can also add ghee, but I'm not a fan of eating ghee raw. Khichdi also goes perfectly with yogurt and achaar (pickle). It lends a creamy flavor with a salty kick. Green Moong Dal Khichdi can also be served with papad and/or red garlic chutney. Moong Dal Khichdi/ kitchari is a staple of an Ayurvedic diet and is known to be the perfect detox food.

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