Monday, 8 August 2011

Kichidi



Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup Toor Dal (or lentils) 
  • 1 cup rice
  • 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  • Salt according to your taste
  • 5 green chillies (or according to your taste)
  • 1 medium size onion
  • Water - 3 cups
  • Chopped Coriander leaves
  • Tomatoes - 2 medium sized, chopped
  • Chilly powder according to your taste
  • Vegetables of your choice like carrot, potato, cabbage, peppers, frozen peas
  • Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
  • chilly powder according to your taste

Method:

  1. Wash rice and dal.
  2. Chop green chillies, onion, tomatoes, vegetables of your choice (carrots, potato, cabbage, peppers) and keep them aside.
  3. Take a pressure cooker and add rice, dal, chopped vegetables, salt, turmeric, chilly powder, frozen peas, cumin seeds and 3 cups of water.
  4. You need to get 4 whistles from the cooker. Allow all the steam to escape from the cooker.
  5. After all the steam has escaped, mix all the ingredients in the cooker.
  6. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Your Kichidi is ready.

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