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Vaghareli Khichdi
Gujarati Vaghareli Khichdi Recipe -
Healthy, filling khichdi made using rice and arhar dal with addition of fresh tuvar dana and peanuts.
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Gujarati
Prep Time
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
minutes
Total Time
35
minutes
minutes
Servings
2
Calories
431
kcal
Author
Kanan
Ingredients
▢
½
cup
Short grain rice
or broken rice
▢
½
cup
Arhar dal (toor dal or split pigeon peas)
▢
2
tablespoons
Oil
▢
½
teaspoon
Mustard seeds
▢
½
teaspoon
Cumin seeds
▢
2
Cloves
▢
3
Black peppercorns
▢
1
inch
Cinnamon stick
▢
1
Dried red chilies
▢
1 small or ½
cup
Red onion
chopped
▢
½
inch
Ginger
▢
2
cloves
Garlic
▢
1
Green chili
▢
2
tablespoons
Peanuts
▢
1 medium or ½
cup
Tomato
chopped
▢
1
cup
Fresh tuvar dana (Green pigeon peas or lilva)
▢
Salt
to taste
▢
½
teaspoon
Turmeric powder
▢
1 ½
teaspoons
Red chili powder
▢
1
teaspoon
Coriander powder
▢
½
teaspoon
Cumin powder
▢
½
teaspoon
Garam masala
▢
2 ½
cup
Water
, for cooking khichdi
Instructions
Wash dal, rice combined and soak for 15 minutes. After that discard the soaking water.
Crush the ginger, garlic and green chili into mortar and pestle. Keep it aside.
Heat the oil in a pressure cooker on medium heat. Once hot add mustard seeds, once they splutter add cumin seeds and let them sizzle.
Then saute in whole spices (cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon stick, dried red chilil) for 40-60 seconds.
Then mix in onion, crushed ginger, garlic, chili. Cook till onions are soft and translucent.
Now add peanuts, fresh tuvar dana and tomatoes. Mix well.
Add spice powders (turmeric powder, red chili powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala) along with salt. Mix and cook for a minute.
Now mix in soaked dal-rice and fresh 2 ½ cups of water.
Cover with lid, put the weight on and cook for 3-4 whistles on medium heat.
Then turn off the stove. Once pressure releases naturally, open the lid, mix and serve.
Notes
While serving, add dollop of ghee on top for the best taste. If you are vegan then skip it.
Nutrition
Calories:
431
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
64.8
g
|
Protein:
10.2
g
|
Fat:
15.1
g
|
Saturated Fat:
2
g
|
Cholesterol:
0
mg
|
Sodium:
679
mg
|
Potassium:
443
mg
|
Fiber:
8.3
g
|
Sugar:
3.5
g
|
Calcium:
60
mg
|
Iron:
4.5
mg
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
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