KHICHADI - Indian Cooking Recipe

KHICHADI

This  is a very nourishing dish made with rice and different dals (mung is the most popular) which  is easily digested.

Ingredients

Rice

Dal (mung or tuvar)

Haldi powder = turmeric (pinch)

Water, pinch of salt

Note: if using mung dal: half rice and half dal, if using tuvar:three –quarter rice and one-quarter dal.

Method

1. Bring to the  boil water two-and-a-half to three times the quantity of dry (if you require a more wet knichadi, four to four-and-a-half times as much water.

2. Add washed rice and dal.

3. Add a little haldi powder and salt, bring to boil, lower flame and simmer. Gently until grains are soft.

4. A spoonful of ghee can be added and the dish kept warm in the oven.