Spicy Vegetable Khichidi

Serves 3

Ingredients:

Rice 3/4th cup

Split moong dal 3/4th cup

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder a pinch

Oil 1/2 sp

Ghee 1.5 sp

Mustard seeds 1/2 sp

Cumin seeds 1/2 sp

Dry red chilli 2

Hing small pinch

Curry leaves few

Ginger crushed 1.5 sp

Green chillies 2 slit

Tomatoes 2 large chopped

Red chilli powder 1 sp

Mixed vegetables 2 cups (cubed potatoes, carrots, green beans, capsicum, lilva beans pre boiled

Garam masala powder 1/2 sp

Chopped coriander leaves 3 sp

Lemon juice 4 sp

Method:

1. Dry roast moong dal till they turn slight golden colour and then soak them along with washed rice for half an hour in 4.5 cups water.

2. In a pressure cooker, add this soaked rice and dal along with the water, add some salt, turmeric powder, oil and cook for 4-5 whistles or until they get cooked. Open the lid only after all the pressure goes and then mash it with the ladle and keep it aside.

3. Also pre boil the vegetables except capsicum in microwave or on stove by adding little salt and keep them aside.

4. Heat the ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and let them crackle.

5. Now add dry red chillies, hing, crushed ginger, little turmeric, curry leaves, green chillies, and tomatoes and cook till tomatoes get mushy. Now add capsicum, coriander leaves and cook for 2 mins.

6. Then add the salt, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, mix well.

7. Now add all the other mixed vegetables, rice dal mixture and 1 cup of water or adjust according to the required consistency, add lemon juice and mix well and let it simmer for 5 more minutes.

8. Serve this hot with any raitha. We had it with Spinach Raitha.