Sat 14 Apr 2007
The ultimate Indian comfort food, Khichdi is an easy, healthy and satisfying dish. Try it with Gujarati Kadhi – Yum!!
Ingredients:
Basmati rice – 1 ¼ cups
Mung Daal – 1 ¼ cups
Water – 5 cups
Salt – 1 tsp
Haldi (turmeric) – ¼ tsp
Hing (asofoetida) – 1 pinch
Method:
- Wash Rice and Mung Daal with water until water runs clear.
- In a pressure cooker, add Rice, Mung Daal, Water, Salt, Haldi and Hing – mix well.
- Pressure cook until one whistle sounds and immediately turn off heat.
- Wait until pressure from cooker is gone before opening cooker lid.
Serves 4-5
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20 Responses to “Mung Daal Khichadi”
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Please Note: It's summer and we are spending time with our families or taking vacations. We may not be able to answer your questions as fast as we'd like. Please bear with us. Before you ask a question, we request you to scan the comments section to see if your question has been answered before. This will help reduce duplicate questions and the need to repeat the answers. We appreciate your support on this. |
July 25th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Hello, Your site is great. Regards, Valintino Guxxi
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January 3rd, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Very authentic recipes. Thoroughly enjoying the site. Sherbanoo
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January 24th, 2008 at 12:50 am
Hi
i like this recipe. except I do a vagar first with some oil heat it up then add some dried pepper, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and hinge. once done i saute some onions into the mixture. finally i add it to the rice.
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January 24th, 2008 at 12:56 am
Thanks for your version of the khichadi…sounds delicious! We plan to have a video for “vagaareli khichadi” some time in the future. It will definitely be spiced up! This one’s for the kiddos and people under the weather.
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March 31st, 2008 at 5:39 pm
hi. when i make this khichadi i also fry onions,tomatoes ,potatoes ,beans etc first and then proceed further.i dont know wether this is the right way or not but it sure tastes yummy and is very filling.
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April 1st, 2008 at 2:37 am
Hi TopChef,
Your’s is a perfectly delicious way to make khichadi. We geared this one specially for kids/babies and people who are not feeling well.
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November 4th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Hi Mam!
Awesome recipe!! Im going to make it the next time im sick!!!
Just a varitaion if u like…
Just make a seasoning of finely chopped ginger & cumin seeds and cashewnuts(optional) seperately in oil/ghee. Add it to rice-moong dal mixture along with salt,pepper pwdr and pressure cook. This coverts this dish to Ven-Pongal..the famous south indian breakfast.
Thanks again,
Priya.
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November 29th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Hello Ladies, just wanted to drop you a big thanks, I’m a mom of a 15 month old, and have noone around to actually guide me with indian cooking. I really wanted to make this for my son, but never knew how…and now thanks to you, I am for sure going to try it out tonight. Thanks again, and looking forward to your next video….
Raz
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March 5th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
How can you make this recipe without the pressure cooker?
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April 24th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
i use to make this kichdi for my 9 month old baby but i used put all types of dal(moong urad …)then powderd cashew pista badam then veggies tooo. is it ok?
thnaks again preethi
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hetal Reply:
April 24th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Hi Preethi,
Sure, you can add different daals. For really young babies, mung daal is lighter on the stomach than other daals. Also, you have to be careful about introducing nuts to babies in case of food allergies.
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May 4th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Hi Hetal and Anuja,
Thanks for the simple yet mouth watering recipe. Its a perfect one for babies and people not feeling well. Can we make it in the microwave oven? Are the measurements the same? Similar question asked by one of the viewers is not yet answered.
Thanks again,
Riya
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hetal Reply:
May 7th, 2009 at 3:15 am
Hi Riya,
Sorry, we have not made this recipe in the microwave before. The quirky thing about mung daal is that is foams up. Cooking it in a pressure cooker contains that foam. I’m thinking if you put it in the microwave, it’s going to overflow. Just my thoughts on it.
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November 6th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Hi ladies
You can make this kichidi in the rice cooker also if you don’t have pressure cooker. Just keep watching it after 10 or 12 mts so that it doesn’t stick to the bottom. I had a glass top stove in my old house and it got shattered into pieces when I experimented to roast the eggplants. Then I used my rice cooker to cook my entire food for days (sambar, kichidi and rasam, etc.,) it came out so perfect and yummy. Sorry for the long story, but rice cooker definitely does the trick if you don’t have a pressure cooker.
Love
Subha.B
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hetal Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Hi Subha,
Thanks for the feedback. It is very helpful to those who don’t own a pressure cooker.
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November 13th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
If this is made with brown rice then how much water is needed and how many whistles in the pressure cooker? Thanks.
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hetal Reply:
November 14th, 2009 at 4:25 am
We have never tried this recipe with Brown rice, but you may find that the rice will have too much texture compared to the Daal which will be mushy. If you don’t mind that, the ratio of water to rice/daal will still be 2:1 with one whistle.
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January 14th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Hello,
I recently discovered your site and it has made me feel confident to try cooking Indian recipes (great, as I am vegetarian and Indian food has to be the best vegetarian food in the world).
I would like to try this recipe, but was wondering if the vegetables you add should be cooked first or if you add them raw to the pressure cooker?
Thank you so much for posting these useful recipes with video. It really helps us newbies!
Dianne
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anuja Reply:
January 14th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Hi Dianne,
What a compliment! Thanks!
You do not need to cook the vegetable prior to adding them to the pressure cooker…the pressure cooker will take care of that! That is one of the reasons it’s such an easy recipe!
Enjoy
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July 18th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Nice recipe!! I used 2 cups moong dal and 1 cup rice and the result came out awesome..
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