Bajre ki Khichdi : Recipe
Cooking time : 20 mins Serves : 4 people
Ingredients for Bajre ki Khichdi:
- 1 cup bajra (black millet) , soaked or 8 hours and drained
- 1 cup yellow dhuli moong dal (split yellow gram) , washed and drained
- 3 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
- 1/4 tsp asafoetida (hing)
- 2 chillis
- 2 medium size onions
- salt to taste
Steps for preparing Bajre ki Khichdi
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Soak bajra in water for 9 to 10 hours
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Drain the water and toss to remove any removable husk from the bajra
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Wash and drain the moong dal
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Chop chillies, onion and any other vegetables of your choice like peas, beans, carrots, potato etc.
Steps for cooking Bajre ki Khichdi
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In a pressure cooker heat 3 tablespoons of clarified ghee
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In the hot ghee now put cumin seeds, asafoetida, chillies and onion
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Stir ghee on low flame till cumin seeds and onions turn slightly brown
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Now add the soaked bajra along with the washed moong dal in the pressure cooker
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Add Turmeric powder and salt
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Mix the ingredients in the pressure cooker
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Close the lid of pressure cooker and on medium flame pressure cook till 4 whistles.
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On the side you may cook the chopped vegetables of your choice in a pan or wok by heating 1 tbsp of ghee and adding the vegetables in it. Cook for a 5 minutes.
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After 4 whistles, pressure cook on low flame for 15 minutes.
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Get the pressure cooker off the flame and let it cool for a few minutes before opening the lid of the cooker.
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Add the cooked vegetables in the cooker and slowly cook the mix of bajra khichdi and vegetables on low flame for a minute
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Nutritious Bajra Khichdi is ready to be served.
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