Delicious Dal Khichdi!
Dal Khichdi is a wholesome, easy-to-digest one-pot dish, recommended in Ayurveda. It is my favorite comfort food!
Servings 2 People
Calories 462kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Basmati Rice
- 1/2 Cup Yellow Mung
- 1/4 Cup Tomato
- 1 Tablespoon Ginger Fresh, crushed
- 1 Pepper Green Chili Pepper Fine cut
- 1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 1/4 Teaspoon Peppercorns
- 1/4 Teaspoon Asafoetida (Hing)
- 1/2 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Sea Salt
- 1.5 Tablespoons Ghee
- 2.5 Cups Filtered water
- 1/8 Cup Cilantro Fresh, fine cut
Instructions
- Wash and drain rice and mung lentils in a steel container. Add half teaspoon salt, a pinch of turmeric and hing. Add filtered water (2.5 cups), mix well, and set it in the Instant Pot (IP) container (make sure there's about a cup of water in the IP container). Set IP to pressure cook mode for 15 minutes and wait for natural pressure release.
- Add ghee to a pan set on medium heat on a stove top. Once hot, add cumin seeds, peppercorns, ginger, chili peppers, hing and turmeric. Sauté for a couple of minutes.
- Add tomato, salt and cook till tomato softens.
- Add pressure cooked rice/mung, mix well and cook for a minute.
- Garnish with cilantro and serve hot with poppadom and tomato chutney.
Notes
Great with poppadom and tomato chutney.
*Use organic ingredients wherever possible
Nutrition
Calories: 462kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 1201mg | Potassium: 157mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 339IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 3mg