MOONG VADI MATAR KHICHDI

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KHICHDI........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!      :-/

        Almost everybody reacts like this only.... Don't worry.. Lets make boring KHICHDI interesting without making it much spicy and easy to digest.....
INGREDIENTS: (For 4 servings)
  • Rice (Chawal) - 1 cup
  • Moong Dal Vadi - 10-12 small pieces
  • Green Peas (harre matar)- half cup
  • Onion finely chopped (bareek katta hua pyaz)- 1 big
  • Red Tomatoes chopped (katta hua lal tamatar) - 2 big
  • Ginger finely grated (bareek katra hua adrak)- 1 inch
  • Garlic finely chopped (bareek katta lehsun) - 5-6cloves
  • Cumin seeds (jeera)- 1/2 tbspoon
  • Coriander powder (sookha dhaniya peesa hua)- 1 tbspoon
  • Dry mango powder (aamchoor peesa hua) - 1 tbspoon
  • Red chilli powder (lal mirch peesi huyi) - 1/2tbspoon
  • Turmeric powder (haldi peesi huyi)- 1/2tbspoon
  • Garam Masala- 1/2tbspoon
  • Salt (namak) - to taste
  • Refined oil- 2 tbspoon
  • Green coriander leaves finely chopped (harra dhaniya patta bareek katta hua) - 2 spoons
HOW TO MAKE:
  • Take a pressure cooker and put refined oil, let it heat. 
  • Add cumin seeds and let it crackle, then add garlic and ginger and saute it till it turns light golden brown.
  • Add onion and moong dal vadi and green peas and fry it 1-2min. 
  • Add tomatoes and add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, dry mango powder, garam masala and mix well. Add little water and stir continuously to avoid masala burning.
  • Add washed rice and add it to masala. Mix well and add 4times proportion of water to it (4cups water for 1 cup rise).
  • Close the lid and put whistle weight on the lid and cook on medium flame and pressure cook till first whistle only and turn off the flame. 
  • Open the lid once steam is finished. 
  • Shift moong vadi matar khichdi in a bowl and garnish with fresh green coriander leaves and serve hot.......
Note:
        If you want khichdi to be more spicy, you can add finely chopped fresh green chillies at the time of adding tomatoes and to make it bit soupy you can add 5 times water (5 cups of water for 1 cup rice ).




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