Black gram (udad dal) Khichdi

                                Udad dal khichdi with cabbage thoran, okra sabzi, salad and curd

This is a very delicious khichdi I ate in a Punjabi friend’s house. Immediately I took the recipe from her and has been making it for lunch every now and then.

Ingridients

1/3 cup black gram- split, with skin intact

1cup rice

3 Cloves

¼ tsp pepper powder

Salt to taste

1 tbsp oil or ghee

¼ tsp cumin seeds

1 onion finely cut

5 cloves of garlic finely cut

4 cups water

Instruction

-          Clean and wash the dal and rice together and soak in water for ten minutes.

-          Heat oil in the pressure cooker, add cumin seeds, cloves and cut onion.

-          Sauté it a bit, add cut garlic and pepper powder.

-          Stir for a few seconds on medium flame, add the soaked dal and rice, mix well.

-          Add the water and salt, pressure cook for 8 minutes. Remove from fire, let it cool.

-          Serve hot with curd, papad and pickle