Vaghareli Khichdi
Gujarati Vaghareli Khichdi Recipe - A nourishing and hearty khichdi prepared with rice and arhar dal, enhanced with the inclusion of fresh tuvar dana (pigeon peas) and peanuts.
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.
Nutrition
Calories: 431kcalCarbohydrates: 64gProtein: 10gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 679mgPotassium: 443mgFiber: 8gSugar: 3gCalcium: 60mgIron: 4mg
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