💚 Khichari 🍛🇮🇳
Recipe 🇬🇧👇 (🇦🇹 auf meinem Blog)
Not sure yet what to eat on January, 1, to start the year off right?
Definitely something with lentils!
Lentils have the shape of coins and therefore represent luck and prosperty. 🍀🤑
And what to cook with lentils?
Try this khichari (or khichdi, khichri, kitchari, khichadi, … ) recipe!
Khichari is a delicious protein-rich Indian one-pot meal that mainly consists of rice, vegetables, and lentils. It’s an Ayurveda recipe that has a beneficial, digestive, and cleansing effect, which is why khichari is also known as a detox dish. 🧘♀️
Regardless of whether you want to do a cleanse, or just want to eat something delicious and easily digestible: Khichari it is! Did you ever try Khichari? And do you know or practice any other new year customs or traditions related to food? 😋
🛒 Ingredients
2 tbsp coconut oil
1.5 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
1 tsp black mustard seeds
Pinch of asafoetida
Ginger, 1 thumb-sized piece
optional: some chili powder
¾ tsp turmeric powder
black pepper
5 cups of water
¾ tsp salt
1 cup of yellow lentils (moong dal)
½ cup (basmati) rice
1-2 cups of chopped vegetables (e.g. broccoli, carrot, pumpkin, some tomato …)
If you like: fresh coriander, (coconut) yogurt, some soy sauce and / or Tabasco
👩🍳 Preparation
Wash the lentils and rice until the water is quite clear.
Peel the ginger and grate it.
Clean the vegetables and cut them into small pieces.
Heat oil in a saucepan and fry the whole spices (cumin, fenugreek, and mustard seeds) and the pinch of asafoetida for about ½ min. Don’t burn them.
Add ginger, chili, turmeric, and pepper. Stir and sauté for a few seconds.
Now add rice, lentils, vegetables, water and salt.
Stir and simmer on low heat for about 35 min. Check in between and stir so that nothing burns. The consistency of your khichari shall be like porridge.
If you like, add fresh coriander. I like to serve khichari with coconut yogurt, soy sauce and Tabasco as I love the salty and sour aroma with lentils.
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💚 Heidi 🌱👩🦰
5 months ago
