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Sunday 29 September 2013

Delicious Bengali Khichdi


Ingredients: 

1. Rice: 1 and 1/2 cups
2. Roasted Moong dal : 1 and 1/2cups
3. Medium potatoes: (cubed) 4
4. Cauliflower: 250 gms
5. Fresh Green peas: 250 gms
6. Green chillies: 4
7. Sugar: 1 tsp
8. Salt as per taste
9. Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
10.Red chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
11.Cumin powder: 2 tsp
12.Ghee: 4 tbs
13.Red chillies: 3
14.Green Cardamoms: 4
15.Cloves 6
16:2 Cinnamon 1 inch pieces
17. Medium Tomatoes:(cubed) 2

Preparation:

Fry moong dal, cut cauliflower, potatoes and slit green chillies.
Wash rice and drain the water.
Take sufficient water in a big size pot and stir fry dal and rice in it.
Make a paste of turmeric powder, cumin powder and red chilli powder.
Mix in the masala paste, green chillies, cubed tomatoes, potato, peas and cauliflower, simmer (boil slowly at low temperature) till the mixture is cooked.
Add salt and sugar to it.
In the meanwhile the mixture will be cooked.
To enhance the flavour, add heated ghee with red chillies, bay leaves, and rest of the garam masala, stir and fry for a minute.
Serve hot with ghee on top.