the homely Dal Khichdi

Item - Dal Khichdi

Serves - 2 

Ingredients -

• Rice
• Tuvar dal (aka - arhar, yellow lentils)
• equal parts of rice & dal (about 1/2 cup rice + 1/2 cup dal) - wash & soak for 20-30 minutes in water
• Garlic (5-6 cloves, half crushed)
• Ginger (an inch long, peeled & grated coarsely)
• Curry leaves (7-8)
• Salt (as desired)
• Green chillies (3-4, cut into half)
• Turmeric powder (a tea spoon)
• Ghee (2-3 table spoons) (aka - clarified butter)
• Jeera (aka - cumin seeds) (2 tea spoons)

Method -

• Heat the ghee in a pressure cooker (if you dont like too much ghee, mix oil + ghee). Once you smell the aroma, add the jeera, garlic, ginger, curry leaves & green chillies. Keep stirring to avoid burning.
• Let it fry for about 2 minutes, then toss in the soaked dal & rice with the water (add some more water to ensure a smooth & somewhat pasty khichdi), mix well, add the turmeric powder & salt.
• Pressure cook for 3 whistles, low flame for 10 minutes, serve hot with plain curd or dahi kadhi or just have it with some more ghee!  

TIP - turn this into a VEGETABLE DAL KHICHDI by just adding in coarsely chopped vegetables like carrots, onions, cauliflower, potato, peas & french beans.