Learn how to make comforting Moong Dal Khichdi (Dal Rice) at home. This easy, light, and nutritious one-pot Pakistani meal comes together in 30 minutes!Moong dal rice is a simple, tasty, and wholesome rice dish that is made up of rice and
yellow lentils along with a few whole spices. This khichdi is also a digestive and
light food recipe that can be given to patients or even your toddlers, and is best for sehri also.
Quick and easy to make, moong dal khichdi is a complete meal in itself and is a healthy and wholesome recipe. It is good for
your stomach whenever you are down with a fever or stomach ache or whatever
Khichdi is made in different ways in different
parts of the
country. In the place I belong to, it is like porridge, so add extra.
water
with rice and dal and cook it to a porridge-like
consistency, so if you want your khichdi like that, add the
triple amount of water
In some parts of the country, it is made almost
like a pulao that I made, so you add only double the amount of water
Also, different lentils can be used in khichdi. The most common one in my home is moong dal; it’s actually the most easily
digestible dal, so used in khichdi.
Note: I would like to clarify one thing:g I must tell you our khichdi is made like porridge,ge but I used another method to cook this recipe like a pulao, so kindly don't get confused.
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Rinse the rice under running water until starch
is removed, then soak the rice for 20 minutes.s
Clean and rinse the dal and soak for 15 minutes
Peel and cut the onion into slices.s
Heat the oil and sauté the onion slices.
In the meantime, put ginger garlic paste along with the whole spices. Stir to mix well.
Then add soaked moong dal to the onion.
And fry them with the onion and spices for 2-3 minutes.
Pour a little water into the dal.
And bring it to a boil.
Cover the lid until the dal is softened.
Now add soaked rice to the dal along with salt.
Roast the rice with dal for 2-3 minutes on medium flame.
Once everything is incorporated
Pour water into the rice.
Bring it to a boil
And cover the lid again.n
Allow the rice to cook until the water dries out and pits appear on top of the rice. Lower the flame, then allow it to simmer for 3-4 minutes over a very low flame.
Moong dal rice or khichdi is ready to serve. Let it cook down for a while, then fluff the rice u.p
Moong Dal Rice is a simple, tasty, and wholesome rice dish that is made up of rice and yellow lentils along with a
few whole spices...
Ingredients:
- 2 cups basmati rice/ponia rice
- 1 ½ cup, moong dal yellow lentil
- 1 large-sized onion slice
- ½ cup of ghee
- 4 cups of water
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 6-7 black peppercorns, green cardamom
- 1-2 bay leaves
- ½ tsp white cumin seeds
- 2 flowers, cloves
- 1-inch cinnamon stick
How to make Moong Dal khichdi?
- Heat the oil and sauté the onion slices.
- M e.In the meantime, add ginger-garlic paste along with whole spices: black peppercorn, green cardamom, cumin seeds, bay leaves, cinnamon stick, and cloves
- Stir to mix well
- Then add soaked moong dal to the onion and fry them with onion and spices for 2-3 minutes
- Pour a little water and bring it to a boil
- Cover the lid until the dal is softened
- Now add soaked rice to the dal along with salt
- Roast the rice with dal for 2-3 minutes on medium flame
- Once everything is incorporated
- Pour water into the rice
- Bring it to a boil and cover the lid again
- Allow the rice to cook until the water dries out
- Once pits have appeared on top of the rice
- Lower the flame
- Allow to simmer for 3-4 minutes over a very low flame
- Moong dal rice or khichdi is ready to serve
- Let it cook down for a while, then fluff the rice up
- Transfer to the serving plate
- Serve moong dal khichdi with veggie raita and tomato chutney
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