Dalia Khichdi

By Nazia Sultana

May, 25th

977

Servings
4 persons
Cook Time
15 minutes
Ingredients
14 - 16

Ingredients

  • Dalia 1 cup
  • Moong dal 1/4 cup
  • Masoor dal 1/2 cup
  • Chopped onion 2 medium size
  • Ginger paste 2 tsp
  • Garlic paste 1 tsp
  • Turmeric 1/2 tsp
  • Bay leaves 2-3
  • Crushed cardamoms 4-5
  • Dry red chilli 2
  • Nigella seeds 1/4th tsp
  • Garlic cloves 4-5
  • Ghee/ Refined oil 2 tbs
  • Curry leaves 3-4
  • Chopped Carrot 1
  • Diced potato 1

Instructions

  • 1) Wash the Dalia along with moong and masoor dal 3-4 times properly. Drain off the excess water and keep it aside.
  • 2) Heat ghee or refined oil in a pressure cooker. Add bay leaves, crushed cardamoms and dry red chilli. Now add the chopped onions and fry them until they turn light golden brown.
  • 3) Now add the strained dalia and moong- masoor dal. Fry them for a minute. Then add turmeric, chopped carrot and diced potatoes. And again fry for 2-3 minutes.Then add ginger and garlic paste and again fry them for another minute.
  • 4) Finally add water as required and salt as per taste and close the lid of the pressure cooker and let it whistle for 4-5 times. Let the whistle go off on its own.
  • 5) Finally, make a tempering. Heat a small pan add 1tsp of ghee and then add Nigella seeds, Garlic cloves, red chilli and curry leaves and temper them for a minute to get a nice tempering for the khichdi.
  • 6) Take out the hot khichdi in a bowl and add the burning hot tempering on top and enjoy the extremely delectable and healthy dalia khichdi as breakfast or lunch or dinner.

Notes/Tips

Serve and eat the khichdi immediately to get it's ultimate taste. Also eat it with pickle of your choice.. I have taken sweet and sour mango pickle to accompany the delicious dalia khichdi.