moong dal khichdi | Gujarati moong dal khichdi | how to make yellow moong dal khichdi
by Tarla Dalal
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yellow moong dal and rice cooked together with peppercorns and flavoured with ghee, moong dal khichdi is a light and healthy meal despite the rich texture that the ghee and dal impart to it.
moong dal khichdi is very popular as a comfort food. It is sure to soothe you and make you feel better when you are off colour, especially if you are down with a fever or stomach ache!
Some important points i would like to share with you on moong dal khichdi recipe.1. Take a pressure cooker and add the dal to it. We have used moong dal, but many people use a combination of toor dal, green moong dal or masoor dal. 2.To increase the nutritive value, you can add a myriad of vegetables like peas, carrots, beans, onions to the khichdi. 3. It’s best to make the khichdi slightly mushy by adding little extra water while pressure cooking. 4. When pressure cooking the yellow moong dal khichdi don’t cook on high flame as the khichdi will get stuck at the bottom of the pressure cooker and give a burnt taste. So cook on a medium flame. 5. You can replace rice with broken wheat (lapsi or dalia) in this recipe to make it healthier.
In many Gujarati houses, Friday is Gujarati moong dal khichdi day.
Enjoy moong dal khichdi | Gujarati moong dal khichdi | how to make yellow moong dal khichdi with detailed step by step photos and video.
For moong dal khichdi- Wash and soak the dal and rice together in enough water for at least 30 minutes. Drain and keep aside.
- Combine the dal and rice with the turmeric powder, peppercorns, salt and 4½ cups of water in a pressure cooker and pressure cook for 4 whistles.
- Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid.
- Just before serving, add the ghee to the moong dal khichdi and mix well.
- Serve the moong dal khichdi hot with kadhi and papad.
Variation: green moong dal khichdi- Use green moong dal (split green gram) instead of the yellow moong dal, and use 2 cloves (laung / lavang) and a small piece of cinnamon (dalchini) instead of the peppercorns.
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If you like moong dal khichdi | Gujarati moong dal khichdi | how to make yellow moong dal khichdi | then you can mix moong dal with colorful vegetables and grains to make various khichdi recipes like :
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what is moong dal khichdi made off ? Gujarati moong dal khichdi is made from cheap and easily available ingredients in India such as 1 cup yellow moong dal (split yellow gram), 1 cup rice (chawal), 1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi), 10 black peppercorns (kalimirch), salt to taste and 2 1/2 tbsp ghee. See below image of list of ingredients for moong dal khichdi.
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In a bowl put 1 cup yellow moong dal (split yellow gram). For making the yellow moong dal khichdi, we have used yellow moong dal & white rice in this recipe, but you can use green moong dal (split green gram) or brown rice instead.
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Add 1 cup rice (chawal).
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Wash the rice and dal together.
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Cover and soak the dal and rice together in enough water for at least 30 minutes.
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This is what the soaked dal and rice look like after 30 minutes.
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Strain the soaked rice and dal.
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In a pressure cooker, transfer the dal and rice. Alternatively, you can also make khichdi in a pot.
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Add the turmeric powder. Turmeric has numerous health benefits. Even the minutest addition helps stimulate the flow of bile, which helps digest food thus helping to overcome indigestion.
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Add the peppercorns. You can even substitute them with 2 cloves (laung / lavang) and a small piece of cinnamon (dalchini) to make the yellow moong dal khichdi more flavorfula dn aromatic.
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Finally, add salt to taste. We added 1 tsp salt.
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Add 4 1/2 cups of water. The consistency of the khichdi can be adjust. You can increase the quantity of water to get a more liquidy/soupy consistency or you can use only 2-2 ½ cups of water if you want a more pulao like consistency for your moong dal khichdi.
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Mix well.
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Pressure cook for 4 whistles.
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Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid.
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Just before serving, add the ghee and mix well. Ghee enhances the flavor of moong dal khichdi | Gujarati moong dal khichdi | how to make yellow moong dal khichdi
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Serve the Moong dal khichdi hot with kadhi and fried khichiya papad. I love eating my hot bowl of moong dal khichdi with raw white onions, fresh mango pickle and curd. Also, Gujaratis enjoy their khichdi along with a tall glass of chaas or masala chaas. The khichdi tastes best when it's warm. It will become thick and lumpy once it’s cold.
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Khichdi is made with minimum spices most of the times. Moong dal is nourishing as it is rich in protein, light and easily digestible. So, khichdi is generally given to babies as their first food and even to people who are sick, recovering from illness.
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Traditionally, in Gujarati households khichdi is made in a brass pan (pital tope/topia) directly over a stove top.
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Different regions have different ways to make the khichdi recipe. But, it is basically a combination of rice and lentil perked up with spices and vegetables. Our website has a huge collection of khichdi recipes which includes Gujarati khichdi recipes, Bengali khichdi recipes and even Rajasthani khichdi recipes.
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To increase the nutritive value, you can add a myriad of vegetables like peas, carrots, beans, onions to the khichdi. One of my favorite is the Toovar Dal and mixed vegetable khichdi.
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Apart from rice, you can even make khichdi with whole grains like jowar, bajra, dalia or millets.
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My mother lightly roasts the dal and mixes it with rice & stores in an air-tight container. It comes handy whenever you want to make the moong dal khichdi recipe. Lightly roasting the moong dal make the khichdi more aromatic.
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If not eating khichdi immediately, simply re-heat by adding more water and little salt and bring it to a desired consistency.
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Apart from papad, pickle, curd and kadhi, you can even serve hot khichdi with milk, dapka kadhi, rasawala bateta nu shaak or saragva nu lot vadu shaak.
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Serve Gujarati moong dal khichdi with curds.
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Traditionally yellow moong dal khichdi is always served with chaas.
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Achar is a good side dish with yellow moong dal khichdi.
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What is Khichdi?
Khichdis normally feature rice or other grains in a mushy or mashed form, along with dals, spices and/ or veggies. There are Khichdi recipes aplenty. They can be a soothing comfort food, or a spicy delicacy, depending on how you choose to make it. However, in most cases, Khichdis are very convenient to make as all the ingredients can be quickly pressure-cooked together. We have a large collection of healthy khichdi's which are not made with rice. A good start is to try this jowar moong dal khichdi recipe.
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What to have with Moong Dal Khichdi? Since Moong Dal Khichdi is a one dish meal, we suggest you pair it with a cucumber mint raita. See detailed step by step recipe of cucumber mint raita. Makes 4 servings.
For Cucumber Mint Raita
1 cup chopped cucumber
2 cups whisked low fat curds , made from 99.7% fat-free
1/4 cup chopped mint leaves (phudina)
1/2 tsp roasted cumin seeds (jeera) powder
salt to taste
For cucumber and pudina raita
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To make cucumber and pudina raita, combine all the ingredients in a deep bowl and mix well.
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Refrigerate the cucumber and pudina raita for atleast 1 hour and serve chilled.
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Nutrient values (Abbrv) per serving
| Energy | 342 cal |
| Protein | 12 g |
| Carbohydrates | 54 g |
| Fiber | 4.8 g |
| Fat | 8.7 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 10.3 mg |
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