Vegetable Panchmel Khichdi
Vegetable Panchmel Khichdi offers a nutritious twist to the traditional rice khichdi.
Ingredients
- Tuvar Dal / Arhar Dal - ¼ cup
- Split moong dal - ¼ cup
- Masoor Dal - ¼ cup
- Moong dal with skin - 2 tbsp
- Uncooked Rice - ½ cup
- Daliya / Broken wheat - ½ cup
For vegetables
- Bell peppers / Capsicum - 1 cup
- Chopped potatoes - ½ cup
- Chopped Onion - ½ cup
- Green peas / Mutter - ½ cup
- Chopped carrots - ½ cup
Other ingredients
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Ghee - 1 tbsp
- Small Cinnemon stick
- Clove - 3 to 4
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Fenugreek seeds - ½ tsp Optional
- Ginger-chili paste or grated - 2 tsp
- Chopped garlic - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - 7 to 8
- Salt to taste
- Red chili powder - 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
- Cumin and coriander powder - 1 tsp
- Water - 5 cups
Instructions
- Mix all the lentils, rice and daliya. Wash them very well and soak it for 30 mins.
- Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker. Add Cinnamon, cloves, cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds. Let it splutter.
- Add Ginger-chili paste, garlic and curry leaves. Saute it for a few seconds.
- Add all the vegetables and mix well. Saute them for 1 to 2 minutes over medium heat.
- Drain water for the soaked mixture of lentil and rice. Add this into the vegetables. Stir well.
- Add 5 cups of water and all the spices. Mix them well. Close the lid. Pressure cook it until 3 whistles over medium to high heat.
- Let the pressure cooker cools down.
- Vegetable Panchmel Dal is ready. Serve this with Pickles, Papad and curd. Enjoy this soothing one-pot meal.
Nutrition
Calories: 249kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 7gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 151mgPotassium: 212mgFiber: 4gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 118IUVitamin C: 18mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 2mg
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