Name: Masoor Dal And Vegetable Khichdi Recipe
Total time: 33 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Gujarati

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Need an iron-boost? Go for this soothing masoor dal and vegetable khichdi Made of a wholesome combination of dal, rice and vegetables cooked with aromatic spices, this traditional khichdi gives several nutrients including a significant amount of iron per serving. Flavourful and nutritious, this sumptuous dish is a complete meal in its own right. 

How to make Masoor Dal And Vegetable Khichdi Recipe

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Gujarati

<p>Need an iron-boost? Go for this soothing masoor dal and vegetable khichdi Made of a wholesome combination of dal, rice and vegetables cooked with aromatic spices, this traditional khichdi gives several nutrients including a significant amount of iron per serving. Flavourful and nutritious, this sumptuous dish is a complete meal in its own right. </p>

Vegetarian

Masoor dal, washed and drained

Green Peas

Potato cubes

Chopped french beans

Brown rice, washed and drained

Ghee

Cloves

Small Cinnamon

Cumin seeds

Cardamom

Asafoetida

Chopped Onions

Garlic paste

Turmeric powder

Green chilli paste

Soak masoor dal and brown rice in enough water for 30 minutes. Drain well and keep aside.

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Heat the ghee in a pressure cooker, add the cloves, cinnamon, cumin seeds, cardamom and asafoetida and saut on a medium flame for a few seconds.

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Add the onions and garlic paste and saut on a medium flame for 1 minute.

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Add the green peas, potatoes and french beans and saut on a medium flame for another 2 minutes.

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Add the rice, masoor dal, turmeric powder, green chilli paste and salt and saut on a medium flame for 2 minutes.

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Add 4 cups of water, mix well and pressure cook for 2 whistles.

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Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid.

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What is masoor dal and vegetable khichdi made off ?masoor dal vegetable khichdi is made from simple ingredients like1 cupmasoor dal (split red lentil), washed and drained,1/2 cupgreen peas,1/4 cuppotato cubes(unpeeled),1/2 cupchopped french beans,1 cupbrown rice, washed and drained,2 tspghee,4cloves (laung / lavang),1small stickcinnamon (dalchini),1 tspcumin seeds (jeera),1cardamom (elaichi),1/4 tspasafoetida (hing),1/2 cupchopped onions,1 tspgarlic (lehsun) paste,1/2 tspturmeric powder (haldi),2 1/2 tspgreen chilli pasteand salt.

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What is Khichdi? Think comfort food, andkhichdiis the first option that comes to mind. Easy to make, aone pot dish dinner, and aone dish meal, thekhichdiis the epitome of convenience. Breakfast, brunch, supper or dinner, if you want a simple meal in a hurry, look no further than the humblekhichdi.Khichdiis usually made with a combination ofgrainsanddals,cooked till soft and mushy, just a little thicker than porridge. This makes it comforting to the palate and easy to digest too. Most commonly,khichdiis made of rice andmoong dal.ThisDal Khichdiis perhaps the homeliest meal that one can think of, the only food you can think of having after a bout of fever or a depressing day!

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Khichdican also be made with broken wheat, sooji,millets, barley, oats, and so on. Try theFada ni Khichdi,Oats Khichdi,Buckwheat KhichdiorBarley Khichdi.  The simplestkhichdiis flavoured with turmeric andjeeratempered in ghee. However, more spices and veggies too can be added to make more elaboratekhichdislike theHandi Khichdi. By adding more vegetables, you can make thekhichdimore balanced and just right to have as a complete breakfast on any day. Have a go at theTarkari Khichdi,Bajra Whole Moong and Green Pea Khichdi, andVegetable Bulgur Wheat Khichdi.

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This is what masoor dal looks like. See here to know everything aboutmasoor (split red lentil) dal.

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Put the masoor dal in a glass bowl and cover with water.Use your fingers to remove dirt from the dal. You can see the water turning a muddy colour. Change the water a few times till the dal appears clean.

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Soak the masoor dal in clean water ( after removing dirt) for 30 minutes. 1 cup of cookedMasoor dalgives 19 grams ofprotein. Being rich inPhosphorusit works withCalciumto build our bones. Whole Masoor or masoor dal is rich inFolate, Vitamin B9orFolic Acidwhich helps your body to produce and maintain new cells, especiallyred blood cells. Masoor dal is is good fordiabeticsand ahealthy heart. See detailed10 health benefits of masoor dal.

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Use a sieve and drain out the water.Themasoor (split red lentil) daliswashed and drained.Click on this link to know everything aboutmasoor (split red lentil) dal.

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Put the brown rice in a bowl of water. We can see some dirt.Wash the brown rice.

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After washing the brown rice soak it in water for 30 minutes. This enables quicker cooking of the rice.

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To make masoor dal and vegetable khichdi | masoor dal khichdi |pressure cooker masoor dal veg khichdi |heat 2 tsp ghee in a pressure cooker.

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Saut on a medium flame for a few seconds.

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Saut on a medium flame for another 2 minutes.

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Add1 cupbrown rice, washed, soaked and drained. See above on how to wash and drain brown rice.

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Add1 cupmasoor dal (split red lentil), washed, soaked and drained.

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Saut on a medium flame for 2 minutes.

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Pressure cook masoor dal and vegetable khichdi | masoor dal khichdi |pressure cooker masoor dal veg khichdi |for 2 whistles.

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Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid.

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Serve masoor dal and vegetable khichdi | masoor dal khichdi |pressure cooker masoor dal veg khichdi |hot.

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