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Shahi Khichdi - Royal Rice Lentil Vegetable Stew
Bhavna
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Prep Time
15
minutes
mins
Cook Time
10
minutes
mins
Total Time
25
minutes
mins
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Indian
Servings
4
People
Ingredients
1
cup
Basmati Rice
½
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
¼
tsp
Fennel seeds - Sauf or Variyali
½
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
½
tsp
red chilli powder
¼
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
Wash Daals and soak in water for couple of hours. Drain and keep aside until needed.
Wash rice and keep aside, no need to soak basmati rice.
Heat ghee + Oil in a pressure cooker. Add whole spices and dry whole red chilis. Add seeds and let them crackle.
Add peanuts; and sauté for a minute.
Add chopped vegetables and sauté for approximately 1-2 minutes.
Add drained rice, and daals, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt. Sauté for about a minute.
Add cashew raisins, Shahi garam masala.
Add 3 cups water, mix well and close the lid. Pressure cook for 1 or 2 whistles on medium-high flame.
Turn off flame and let the pressure inside pressure cooker comes down. Open the lid carefully, about 6-8 minutes.
Mix saffron in hot milk and pour over the khichdi. If desired, ghee can be smeared as well.
Serve with plain yogurt, papad, pickle, and ghee.