Green Khichdi [ हरी खिचड़ी ]

      

 Spicy and non veg dishes are generally in demand in winter season.Even veg dishes ought to be hot and aromatic! But here is one veg,slightly spicy & easy to cook recipe for wintery days when one does not prefer much venture in cooking.

 

Ingredients:

Rice  1 cup
Green peas  2 cup  
Turmeric powder  1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder  1/2 tsp
Hing  1 pinch
Cumin seeds  1/2 tsp
Ginger  1 small piece
Green garlic  3 sticks 
Green chili  3-4
Green coriander leaves  1 bunch
Tomato  3-4 medium
Potato  2 medium
Salt to taste
Pure ghee or refined oil  2 tbsp
Water  3 cup
Serves: 4 persons

Preparation:

• Peel off green peas,wash and grind to thick grains [dardara] along with garlic & ginger. 
• Chop tomatoes & green chili.
• Peel off potatoes and chop in small square pieces.
• Soak the rice for 1 hour.

Method:

• Heat ghee in a pressure cooker.
• Add hing & cumin seeds.Fry till cumin seeds turn brown.
• Add tomato & green chili,fry till cooked.
• Add turmeric powder,garam masala and peas paste,mix and stir for 2-3 minutes.
• Add potato pieces,mix and keep stirring.
• Add rice after draining water,mix well and fry again for 2-3 minutes.
• Add water,chopped coriander leaves and salt.Mix.
• Cover with the lid.Cook till one whistle.Close the flame and let the cooker be cool.
• Remove lid.
• Hari khichdi is ready.Remember more water is used in this khichdi than normal khichdi.

Serve the matar khichdi hot with roasted papad,coriander chutney and mango pickle.

Kathal Ka Pulao [Jack fruit Pulao]

Jack of all,master of many...such is this jack fruit...now a recipe of many one's liking:

Ingredients:

• Kathal [jackfruit]- 1/2 kg [cut into cubes] 

• Onion- 4 medium size,thinly sliced
• Rice [soaked]- 21/2 cups
• Green cardamom- 2-3 pieces
• Clove- 5-6 pieces
• Cinnamon- 1 small stick
• Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
• Black cardamom- 8 pieces
• Onion paste- 2 tbsp
• Garlic paste- 1 tsp
• Ginger paste- 1 tsp
• Red chilli Powder- 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli- 2-3 pieces
• Roasted coriander powder- 2 tsp
• Garam masala- 1 tsp
• Curd- 1/2 cup
• Oil- 2 tbsp
• Pure ghee- 2tbsp
• Water- 2 cups
• Salt to the taste

Method:

1. Wash and soak rice 1/2 hour before preparation of pulao.
2. Heat  half of the oil in a cooker on low flame.Then fry the sliced onion till it turns transparent.
3. Add kathal & salt [1/4 tsp] and  fry till it turns golden brown.Put off the flame.
4. Take out kathal of cooker and keep it separately in a dish.
5. Now heat the oil in the cooker.
6. Add all the above mentioned spices,fry for 1-2 seconds,then add onion paste,garlic paste & ginger paste.Mix well and fry till oil starts oozing in the cooker.
7. Now add fried kathal,saute for 2-3 minutes.
8. Add curd,mix and keep on stirring till oil gets separated in the cooker.
9. Add rice,salt and garam masala. Mix well and fry for 2-3 minutes.
10. Then add water up to level.Close the lid of the cooker.Put off the flame after one whistle.

The pulao is ready.

Serve hot with coriander chutney or raita.

[note: deep frying pan can be used instead of cooker but double the water i.e. 4 cups]

serving: 4 people

Mixed Veg Fried Khichdi

Nutritious,Healthy & Tasty Khichdi!!

My husband had tried this recipe which I suitably modified.

Ingredients:

• Rice-300 gms

• Arhar dal-100 gms

• Potato-2 pcs(medium size )

• Peas-100 gms

• Carrot-100gms

• Beans-50 gms

• Cauliflower-100 gms

• Calabash(lauki)-100 gms

• Tomato-2 pcs

• Onion-100 gms or 2 pcs

• Green chilli-3-4 pcs

• Turmeric powder(haldi)-1/2 tsp

• Garam masala-1/4 tsp

• Red chilli powder-1/4 tsp

• Cumin(jeera) seeds-1/2 tsp

• Pure ghee-2 tbsp

• Salt to taste

• Water 650ml

• Fried red chilli for decoration

Note: 

• Any seasonal vegetables can be used

• To turn it into a non-veg dish,boiled chicken or boiled keema,sausages,etc(100gms) can be added in addition to vegetables.

Method:

• Wash and soak the rice & arhar dal in water for half hour.Drain and keep aside.

• Cut the onion into thin pieces and chop other vegetables into small pieces.Keep them aside.

   

  

• Take pure ghee in a 3 litre cooker.Add cumin seeds & onion and fry it little.Add green chilli and other vegetables.Fry the mixture for 1-2 mins. 

   

   

   

• Add salt,turmeric powder,red chilli powder,rice and arhar dal in cooker.Mix them thoroughly.Fry the mixture for 2 mins.

• Add garam masala and water.Close the lid.

• After first whistle,lower the flame and let it cook for 2 mins.

• Close the flame and let the pressure be released.

• Before serving decorate it with fried red chillis

• Serve hot with taste enhancers

  

Taste Enhancers:

• Curd or raita

• Green pudina or coriander chutney

• Papad and pickle

  If You Dont Like Plain Khichdi,

  Try this one!!!

Egg Fried Rice

My kids and husband relish greatly the egg fried rice as I prepare it.Now I present it for Your taste buds.

Ingredients:

• Egg-4 pcs

• Boiled rice-250 gms

• Cabbage(patta ghobi)-50 gms

• Beans-50gms

• Potato-2 pcs

• Capsicum-1 pc

• Cauliflower(ghobi)-50gms

• Onion or spring onion-100 gms

• Ginger paste-1 tsp

• Green chilli-2-3 pcs(as per taste)

• Red chilli powder-1/2 tsp(can add more as per taste)

• Garam masala-1/4 tsp

• Salt to taste

• Refined oil-3 tbsp

• Coriander(dhania) leaves for decoration

Method:

• Heat the 1 tbsp of oil in a frying pan.Add sliced spring onion and little fry.Add ginger paste and chopped green chilli fry for few seconds.

• Add eggs to mixture and fry little and scramble them.Add half of garam masala,half of red chilli and salt to taste and fry until cooked and mix well.Keep aside.

• Heat 1 tbsp of oil in deep frying pan(kadahi).Add sliced potato and cook well for 2 mins.add chopped capsicum and beans and semi fry for half min.Keep separately.

  

• Heat 1 tbsp of oil in 2 ltr deep frying pan(kadahi).Add chopped cabbage and fry little.Add both the mixtures.Fry little and mix well.

   

   

•  Add rice,salt,red chilli and rest of garam masala and fry well.

• Decorate with coriander leaves and serve hot.