Dahlia Khicdi
Dahlia Khichdi translating to Broken Wheat Porridge is a wholesome healthy meal! It is a one pot quick meal. You can slow cook in your stove top in a heavy bottom pan or make it quick in your pressure cooker or you could use Electric pressure cooker like Instapot or Mealthy Multipot.
Ingredients
- 1 cup dahlia (broken/ cracked wheat)
- ½ cup yellow mung daal
- 1 cup assorted veggies (carrot, peas, corn, beans)
- 1 and ½ cup finely chopped beet stems and greens. I saved the smaller leaves to crispy fry and serve on the side
- ½ inch fresh ginger (finely chopped)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ teaspoon cumin powder
- ½ teaspoon coriander powder
- 2 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 5 cups water
- 3 fresh green chili
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- ¼ teaspoon asafoetida
Instructions
- Wash the dahlia and lentils.
- In a heavy bottom sauce pan or pressure cooker or your multipot (in saute mode) pour the oil, bay leaf, cumin seeds and ginger. Stir it around for few seconds.
- Then add the assorted veggies, beetroot stems and greens, sprinkle
the salt, turmeric and stir it around. Cook for 1 minutes then add 1 fresh green chili finely chopped, the cumin and coriander powder. Stir it around for 2 minutes. - Scatter the washed dahlia and lentil along with the water and mix it around.
- If you are slow cooking in a heavy bottom pan, then coverand let it simmer until it’s all cooked and softened. For Indian pressurecooker - cover with the lid, let it giveone whistle and then switch off. Allow the steam to release on it’s own. Formultipot (Instapot or Mealthy) cancel saute mode, let it pressure cook for 15minutes, then release the steam before you open the lid.
- Give a stir around and if it looks too thick then add some water and loosen the texture.
- Just before serving prepare the ghee tadka. In a small pan, heat the ghee with asafoetida, and slit remaining 2 green chili. Drizzle the pipping hot ghee on top and serve warm.