Khichdi
Khichdi is a Maharashtra Indian dinner dish made with basmati or sona masuri rice, yellow moong dal, onion, green chilli and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 25 min
- Calories (estimate)
- ~380 kcal
- Course
- Dinner
- Cuisine
- Maharashtra (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 Basmati or Sona Masuri rice
- 1/4 cup yellow moong dal
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 green chilli, slit
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp ghee
- Salt to taste
- 2.5 cups water
Method
- 1Wash rice and dal together. Soak for 15 minutes, then drain.
- 2Heat ghee in a pressure cooker, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, and green chilli.
- 3Add chopped onion and sauté until translucent. Add turmeric powder.
- 4Add the soaked rice and dal, sauté for a minute. Add water and salt.
- 5Close the cooker and cook for 2-3 whistles. Let pressure release naturally.
- 6Serve hot, optionally with a drizzle of ghee.
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.
