Khatti Meethi Moong Dal Khichadi

Published on May 6, 2021 | In Indian | By Author |

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- Prep Time
- 10 Minutes
- Cook Time
- 15 Minutes
- Serves
- 4 portions
- Difficulty Level

This delicious sweet sour Khichadi is a wholesome and protein-rich one pot meal. Quick and easy, it is light to digest and can be paired with curd, buttermilk, kadhi, papad, pickles or can be had just by itself. Toor dal can be used instead of Moong dal. I prefer using the latter as it is lighter on the tummy. Now this can be made two ways. You can cook the dal and rice first in the cooker and then give a tadka again in a kadhai mixing all the other ingredients . Or you can just use a shortcut and cook it the way I do. Read on to see the fastest way to cook this tasty rice recipe…

I’ve use the Wada Kolam Rice from the brand Farmside. You can find all their superior quality rice varieties on Amazon under Farmside.

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Ingredients

1 cup kolam rice.
3/4 cup yellow moong dal
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp ghee
1 tsp rai/mustard seeds
1 tsp jeera/cumin seeds
1 tsp haldi/turmeric powder
a sprig of curry leaves
1 slit green chilli
4-5 round, red dry chillies
2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
1/2 cup tamarind concentrate (soak tamarind in warm water and squeeze out the pulp after half an hour)
2 tbsp jaggery
salt to taste
1 tsp garam masala powder
1 tsp dhania-jeera powder
3 1/2 cups water
1 cut tomato
Juice of 1/2 a lemon
1 tsp grated ginger
Coriander leaves to garnish

Instructions

Soak the Moong dal and rice for one hour.
In a cooker, heat oil. Add rai, haldi, hing, curry leaves, the green chilli, grated ginger and the cut tomatoes. Saute for 2 minutes.
Add in the soaked, drained dal-rice and 3 1/2 cups of water.
Mix in all the masalas, tamarind concentrate, jaggery, salt.
Close the cooker and cook for 2 whistles on medium flame. Switch off gas.
In a small kadhai make a tadka using oil, the round chillies and a little jeera.
Open the cooker after the steam goes out completely. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the Khichadi and mix well.
Sprinkle coriander leaves, the tadka and just before serving add a spoonful of ghee to top it up.
Enjoy piping hot!

Servings : 4 people
Ready in : 25 Minutes
Course : Dals/Lentils, Rice Recipes
Recipe Type : Rice Recipes (Indian / World Cuisine)

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