Dal Khichdi by Tarla Dalal

Dal Khichdi, an elaborate yet easy khichdi that makes a wholesome and delicious meal.

Dal Khichdi

An elaborate yet easy khichdi that makes a wholesome and delicious meal, the Dal Khichdi is made of toovar dal and rice combined with not just whole spices but also onions, garlic and tomatoes. This imparts a tangy twist to the khichdi making it holistic in terms of taste too. When you don’t have time to prepare a kadhi, you can just serve this with curds and papad, and there you have a sumptuous dinner on the table!

Preparation Time: 10 minutes.
Cooking Time: 20 minutes.
Serves 4.

1 cup toovar (arhar) dal, washed and drained
1 cup rice (chawal), washed and drained
¼ tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
½ tsp asafoetida (hing)
Salt to taste
1 tbsp ghee
2 cloves (laung / lavang)
25 mm (1") stick cinnamon (dalchini)
6 to 8 black peppercorns (kalimirch)
2 round red chillies (boriya mirch)
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
2 green chillies, slit
6 to 8 curry leaves (kadi patta)
½ cup finely chopped onions
2 tbsp finely chopped garlic (lehsun)
½ cup finely chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp chilli powder

1. Combine the toovar dal, rice, turmeric powder, ¼ tsp of asafoetida, salt and 5 cups of water in a pressure cooker, mix well and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
2. Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid. Keep aside.
3. Heat the ghee in a deep non-stick kadhai, add the cloves, cinnamon, peppercorns, red chillies and cumin seeds and sauté on a medium flame for a few seconds.
4. Add the remaining ¼ tsp of asafoetida, green chillies, curry leaves, onions and garlic and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
5. Add the tomatoes, a little salt and chilli powder and sauté on a medium flame for another 1 minute.
6. Add the cooked rice-dal mixture, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Serve immediately.

[rekhaagarwal]

Lovely gujrati khichdi receipe.Thanks.

[bmwnasher]

My daughter has been in Pune for a month on business, she said how lovely this meal is it`s her favourite, unless you`ve tasted home made Asian food you ain`t lived.

[neetavs]

We make this recipe exactly as shown bt instead of using only tuvar dal, we use a combination of dals like; yellow moong, split green gram, chana dal, masoor dal, tuvar dal. It tastes very yummy.

[rashmiks]

Very nice reciepe Thanks a I hv baby of 1 yr she doesn't eat anything Nd for the first time she ate this Nd m very happy

[manharani]

I tried many recipies of yours all are very good and also taste very good☺thanks for giving us recipies like this

[gouthamkrishna]

You have made cooking so easy. Thank you so much.

[shubhamondkar]

Awesome. Tried it out and it is super delicious. Thank you.

[tusharmehta]

I'm a senior citizen, I must try this, it looks very nice.. Hope I can make it as nice as you..

[shilpapremani]

We must use the water that we used to soak the dal after washing.... If we throw that water lot of nutrients are lost...
I practise the same ...

[preetr]

I made it it came out really yummy thank you soo much fr d recipe

[JohnDouillardsLifeSpa]

To make this a more pitta pacifying dish for summer try adding some extra coriander or fresh cilantro. Great video!

[Rajith_rYaN]

Sweeet and Simple!
Thank u !
cheeerZ from Bangalore!

[g.s.p]

Can u plz tell me the quantity of water....for for rice and dal

[ujwalakotur]

Dal khichdi is so tasty and easy to make thanks

[anishapatel]

Can you add vegetables (e.g: peas, carrots, French beans) to this? If yes, when would be added?

[atul]

Thanks for this as there is rumours that khichri possible only from moong and urad dal

[trishanaidoo]

Love this recipe....was really helpful

[tusharmehta]

Don't you think bit ginger would also help ?

[sunitasingh-rjjq]

Can i use normal rice instead of basmati

[simramoiz]

3 whistles on sim flame or medium or full?