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Dal khichadi is one of the comfortable indian one bowl food that can be prepared within 30 minutes. My previous jain dal khichadi recipe was a big hit and I almost forgot to share this version. Jain dal khichadi is one of my initial blogging days recipe.
Khichadi history
Well, khichadi is one of the famous Indian subcontinent recipe and it is the old one too 🙂 famous emperor Akbar loved khichdi. The Moroccan traveler, Ibn Battuta mentions kishri as a dish in India composed of rice and mung beans, during his stay circa 1350. Khichdi was very popular with the Mughals, especially Jahangir. Ain-i-Akbari, a 16th-century document, written by Mughal Emperor, Akbar's vizier, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, mentions the recipe for khichdi, which gives seven variations. There is an anecdotal story featuring Akbar, Birbal, and khichdi.[source - wikipedia]
So back to the recipe, This version of dal khichadi is inspired by dhaba style. This is my humble attempt to replicate the recipe. Plus, one of our readers asked me on instagram after my first lunch post to share some more recipes that we can prepare in under 30 minutes. So I made a bit of change here.
originally, dal khichadi is prepared by cooking lentils and masala separately. I am pressure cooking here all together to save the time.
Ingredients
here, garlic is the main ingredient. Roasting the garlic properly will give the prominent flavor to the recipe. Secondly, I use toor dal and moong dal along with rice. If you are new to indian cooking then please check this pulses glossary to know about the ingredients.over all the preparation is very easy.
Reasons to love this recipe,
- soooo delicious
- a complete busy day meal
- one pot recipe
- can be prepared under 30 mins
- buttery
- literally melts in your mouth
- easy to prepare
- perfect tiffin box recipe
- can be extended by your choice of veggies
- ingredients are easily available
How to make restaurant style dal khichadi recipe with step by step photos:
take a bowl and add rice, toordal and moong dal in it.
add water and soak for 5-7 mins.
heat oil in pressure cooker.
add mustard and cumins.
add garlic.
when the garlic turns golden brown add green chili.
add onion and saute.
add tomatoes.
add salt, turmeric powder and red chili powder. mix it well. cook until mushy.
add soaked lentils.
add water. add kasoori methi as well.
pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
add butter at time of serving.
enjoy.
Similar 30 min recipes 🙂
- sambar sadam recipe
- tomato rasam recipe
- curd rice recipe
- instant bread medu vada recipe
- drumstick sambar recipe
Recipe
dal khichadi recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup rice
- ½ cup toor dal
- 1 tablespoon moong dal green
- 1 cup water, to soak
- 2 cup water, to cook the khichadi
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- ¼ teaspoon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon green chili
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- 2 tablespoon butter
- fresh coriander , to garnish
- ½ teaspoon kasoori methi
Instructions
- take a bowl and add rice, toordal and moong dal in it.
- add water and soak for 5-7 mins.
- heat oil in pressure cooker.
- add mustard and cumins.
- add garlic.
- when the garlic turns golden brown add green chili.
- add onion and saute.
- add tomatoes.
- add salt, turmeric powder and red chili powder. mix it well. cook until mushy.
- add soaked lentils.
- add water. add kasoori methi as well.
- pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
- add butter at time of serving.
- enjoy.
Notes
- You don't need to soak your lentils but soaking gives the nice texture.
- Here I am not giving extra time to the lentils to be soak. I soak the lentils only for 5-7 mins as my chopping was not ready:)
- You can avoid butter.
- You can avoid moong dal.
Nutrition
have a good day!
Khichdi is an all-time favorite. Comfort meal at its best 🙂
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