Rajwadi Khichdi

Serves: 3-4

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup Rice

1 cup Tuver Dal

1/2 cup Potatoes (cut into cubes)

2 tsp Onions (chopped)

1/2 cup Veggies (I used carrot,cauliflower, corn, capsicum)

1/4 cup Green Peas

1 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste (optional)

2 tsp Ghee

1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds

1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds

A pinch of Hing

1/4 tsp Red chilly powder

1/2 tsp Coriander powder

1/8 tsp Turmeric powder

1/8 tsp Pickle Masala

Salt, to taste

METHOD: 

- Soak rice and tuver dal together in water for around an hour.

- Heat ghee in pressure-cooker and add cumin-mustard seeds with hing.

- Once it splutters, add all potatoes, onions, veggies, ginger-garlic paste and green peas. Mix everything well and cook it for a min.

- Add soaked rice-tuver dal in it with around 2 cups of water and stir everything once.

- Pressure-cook it for 4 whistles and let it cool down for 10 mins before opening the lid. 

- "Rajwadi Khichdi" is ready to serve... :)

SJ's NOTE:

- We call it Vaghareli Khichdi with all veggies in simple language, but one of our special friends is used to call it "RAJWADI"... so the credit goes to him :)

- Best to be served with "Yogurt Tadka"!!! Recipe for the same will be posted soon...