INGREDIENTS
1 tablespoon ghee 1 cup dalia / broken wheat / godhi nucchu 1 tablespoon oil 1 teaspoon jeera / cumin seeds 1/4 teaspoon hing / asafoetida ½ tablespoon ginger paste 8 green slit chillies 1 tomato, finely chopped 1 cup methi, finely chopped 1/2 cup peas / matar 1/2 cup carrot pieces ½ tsp turmeric / haldi salt to taste 1 cup moong dal, soaked for 20 minutes 10 cups water
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INSTRUCTIONS
Wash and soak the moong dal - hesaru bele in water for 20 minutes. Heat ghee in a thick bottomed kadai Roast the dalia in the ghee for five minutes till it turns aromatic. Keep it aside. In the kadai now heat cooking oil. Add jeera, hing, turmeric powder. Put in the slit chillies and saute for a minute. Now add the chopped onion pieces and saute for two minutes. Add chopped tomato pieces and saute till the tomato turns soft and mushy. Next add the chopped methi leaves, carrot pieces and peas. Add the soaked moong dal and mix well. To this add the roasted dalia. Put in 10 cups of water and salt and mix everything and finally shift to a cooker bowl. Cook upto five whistles so that the khichdi turns soft and runny. Serve hot with ghee.