Dum Moong Dal Khichdi Recipe
Dum Moong Dal Khichdi Recipe is one of the nutritional and protein-packed recipes which can be served as a breakfast recipe or for lunch. Learn how to make this recipe with step-by-step image instructions along with tips and a video.
As this is a full meal recipe, it hardly takes 10-15 minutes of your attention for cooking veggies and seasoning. Then after it takes 15-20 minutes for cooking, if you are making this recipe in an electric cooker you can save your time of observation.
Dum Moong Dal Khichdi Recipe is light on the stomach and easy to digest. Even people who are fasting can have this recipe to fulfill their nutritional values. We can directly have topped with a spoon of cow ghee or served with raita.
People who have a habit of eating this recipe as porridge can add 2-4 cups of extra water but in other parts of the country, people like to have like biryani style. In most cases, people prefer adding moong dal to make this recipe but we can also try with other dals or a combination of dals.
As mentioned in the above para, In north India and other parts of India, people like to have Dum Moong Dal Khichdi Recipe accompanied with yogurt-based raita and in other parts, people like to have with avakai pachadi (mango pickle).
People who want to make this recipe simple can avoid adding vegetables and just add spices and such a recipe can be needed even to toddlers and can be made within 20 minutes.
Tips to make perfect Dum Moong Dal Khichdi Recipe:
- As our version is dry (dum) rice grains are non-sticky and grainy, if you want the traditional style to add a few more water.
- Based on our interest we can adjust vegetables, to keep it light I have added only carrots and potatoes.
- Many people say we need to add whole grains of black pepper, it’s up to you. We can even add powder also.
- As the name suggests Dum Moong Dal Khichdi, once the rice is added to boiling water, cook with a lid covered along with appropriate weight over the lid.
- If you want to lock air (Dum) we can even put whole wheat dough covering both lid and vessel.
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Dum Moong Dal Khichdi Recipe | How to make Moong Dal Khichdi Recipe
Dum Moong Dal Khichdi Recipe is one of the nutritional and protein-packed recipes which can be served as a breakfast recipe or for lunch.
Ingredients
Measurement: 1 cup=200 gms.
- Moong dal – 1 cup
- Rice – 2 cups
- Water – 5 cups
- Oil – 2 large spoons 5 tbsp.
- Cinnamon sticks – 4 No.
- Cloves – 4 No.
- Green cardamoms – 2 No. crushed
- Star anise – 1 No.
- Bay leaf – 2 No.
- Cumin seeds/ jeera – ½ tbsp.
- Onions – 1 cup
- Green chillies – 4 No.
- Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp.
- Carrots – ½ cup
- Potatoes – ½ cup
- Tomatoes – 1 cup
- Mint leaves – ¼ cup
- Coriander leaves – ¼ cup
- Turmeric powder – ¼ tbsp.
- Salt – 1 ½ tbsp.
- Black pepper powder/ whole grains – ¼ tbsp.
Instructions
- Clean and soak rice and moong dal for 10 minutes by adding 5 cups of water.
- Take a thick bottom vessel or pressure cooker and heat little oil in it.
- Fry green cardamoms, star anise, cinnamon sticks, bay leaf, green cardamom and cumin seeds.
- Add onions and green chillies and cook for a minute and add ginger garlic paste.
- Based on your interest add vegetables. In our recipe, we have added thin slices of carrot and potatoes.
- Cook for a while with lid covered and then add sliced tomatoes.
- Add mint and coriander leaves. Sprinkle salt, turmeric powder, black pepper powder. Mix all ingredients.
- Add water from soaked rice and bring it to boil on high flame and then add rice and moon dal mix.
- Lower the flame and add rice and moong dal. Cook for 15-20 minutes till they turn dry.
- As our version is Dum Moong Dal kitchidi, we add limited water and cook to turn dry but rice grains are softer than normal steam rice.
Recipe Video
How to make Dum Moong Dal Khichdi Recipe:
1. Add moong dal and rice to a bowl and clean them. Add 5 cups of water and soak for 10 minutes.
2. Heat oil in a thick bottom vessel and add cinnamon sticks, cloves and green cardamoms.
3. Add star anise, bay leaf and cumin seeds. Saute for a second.
4. Put sliced onions and cook till they turn soft and add slit green chillies.
5. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté for a while till its raw flavor is cooked.
6. Slice carrots and potatoes into small pieces and add them into this mix and cook for a minute with lid covered.
7. Put finely sliced tomatoes, mint leaves and coriander leaves. Mix.
8. Add turmeric powder, salt as per your taste and black pepper powder or whole grains and mix well.
9. Pour water used for soaking dal and rice, mix all ingredients and bring it to boil with lid covered on high flame.
10. Add rice and dal in boiling water. Mix and cook for 15-20 minutes (till rice is cooked) with lid covered on low flame.
11. When Moong Dal Khichdi Recipe is done one can find soft grainy rice. This recipe tastes great when served hot accompanied with raita.
