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Shahi Khichdi - Royal Rice Lentil Vegetable Stew
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 4 People
Recipe Creator: Bhavna
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Basmati Rice
  • 1/2 Mixed Lentils I take all the dals I have in my pantry like moong, chana, tuvar, masoor, urad, matar daals
  • About 3 cups vegetables of your choice like onion potato, carrot, cauliflower, green peas, corn and so on.
  • Ginger Garlic & Green Chili as per taste
  • Dry fruit and nuts like 2 tbsp Peanuts 2 tbsp Cashews, 2 tbsp Raisins, 2 tbsp coconut
  • 3 cups Water
  • 1 tbsp ghee + 1 Tbsp Oil or use just oil or ghee Clarified butter
  • 1/4 tsp Fennel seeds - Sauf or Variyali
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds I use Caraway seeds known as shahi jeera
  • Whole spices like 2 Cloves 1 cinnamon stick, 1 small bay leaf, 4 black peppercorns, 1/2 Star Anise
  • 1 Dry Red Chilli broken
  • 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Ground coriander cumin Dhaniya Jeera
  • Shahi Masala to taste. I use Shahi paneer Garam Masala
  • Few strands of saffron Kesar + 2 tbsp Milk
  • 1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
  • salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Wash Daals and soak in water for couple of hours. Drain and keep aside until needed.
  2. Wash rice and keep aside, no need to soak basmati rice.
  3. Heat ghee + Oil in a pressure cooker. Add whole spices and dry whole red chilis. Add seeds and let them crackle.
  4. Add peanuts; and sauté for a minute.
  5. Add chopped vegetables and sauté for approximately 1-2 minutes.
  6. Add drained rice, and daals, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt. Sauté for about a minute.
  7. Add cashew raisins, Shahi garam masala.

  8. Add 3 cups water, mix well and close the lid. Pressure cook for 1 or 2 whistles on medium-high flame.

  9. Turn off flame and let the pressure inside pressure cooker comes down. Open the lid carefully, about 6-8 minutes.
  10. Mix saffron in hot milk and pour over the khichdi. If desired, ghee can be smeared as well.
  11. Serve with plain yogurt, papad, pickle, and ghee.