Bajra Khichdi
Bajra Khichdi is an Indian breakfast dish made with pearl millet, split moong dal, onion, tomato and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 30 min
- Calories (estimate)
- ~280 kcal
- Course
- Breakfast
- Cuisine
- Indian
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Ingredients
Quantities below are a guide for a typical household portion — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- 1/2 cup pearl millet (bajra), soaked overnight
- 1/4 cup split moong dal
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 small tomato, chopped
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1 green chilli, slit
- Salt to taste
- Fresh coriander to garnish
Method
- 1Rinse soaked bajra and moong dal thoroughly.
- 2In a pressure cooker, dry-roast cumin seeds until fragrant.
- 3Add onion, green chilli, and tomato with a splash of water; cook till soft.
- 4Add bajra, dal, turmeric, salt, and 3 cups water.
- 5Pressure cook for 4 whistles on medium flame.
- 6Open once steam releases, mash lightly, garnish with coriander.
About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.
Guides that feature this dish
- 21-Day Indian Meal Plan: Millet-Focused, Low-Oil RecipesA free 21-day Indian meal plan built around low-oil cooking, millets and dates instead of added sugar — with real recipes, swaps and an honest look at what it does and does not do.
- Indian Millet Recipes: A Complete Beginner's GuideA beginner's guide to cooking with ragi, jowar, bajra, foxtail and barnyard millet — 11 Indian millet recipes with times, ingredients and method links.
