Palak Khichdi

Palak Khichdi – a one dish meal packed with nutrition and taste. Palak Khichdi is a perfect balance of carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and fats  because of rice, lentils, spinach and ghee respectively.  The recipe may seem a bit intimidating/time consuming, but it is worth the effort.  Take a look at the recipe:

Ingredients

½ cup rice (chawal)
½ cups split green gram (moong dal)
2 ½ cups water (paani)
1 bunch spinach (palak)
1 large onion, chopped (pyaaz)
1 large tomato chopped (tamatar)
1 tsp ginger garlic paste (adrak lehsun paste)
2 tbsp ghee
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
½ tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1 tbsp red chilly powder (laal mirch powder)
1 tsp cumin coriander powder (dhaniya jeera powder)
1 tsp garam masala
1 tbsp grated garlic
1 dry red chilly (broken to large pieces)
Salt as per taste

Palak Khichdi

Method

  • Wash and soak rice and moong dal in water for 1 hour.
  • Drain the water and transfer the rice and dal to a pressure cooker.
  • Add turmeric powder, salt, 2 ½ cups of water and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
  • Keep the cooked rice and dal aside.
  • Wash spinach in cold water.
  • Boil water in a pan.
  • Add spinach leaves to the boiling water and keep in the boiled water for 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Drain water from spinach.
  • Dip the spinach in cold water (to retain the dark green colour).
  • Blend the blanched leaves to a smooth puree. Keep it aside.
  • Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan.
  • Add cumin seeds.
  • When the seeds start crackling, add chopped onions.
  • Saute the onions till it turns golden brown.
  • Add ginger garlic paste and saute.
  • Add the chopped tomatoes and saute.
  • When the onion and tomatoes have cooked well, add the palak puree, red chilly powder, cumin-coriander powder, garam masala, salt and mix well.
  • Cook for a minute.
  • Add the cooked rice and dal and gently mix everything.
  • For the tempering, heat a small pan.
  • Add 1 tbsp ghee.
  • Add grated garlic and saute for few seconds.
  • Add pieces of dry red chilly.
  • When they start spluttering, pour the tempering over the khichdi.
  • Serve hot with curds, pickle and papad.

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If you are looking for more khichdi recipes, do have a look at Restaurant style Dal Khichdi, Vegetable Dal Khichdi.

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