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Khichdi
Rice, dal, legume, and soup formats cooked in a single vessel — the weeknight comfort lane.
- Protein
- Moong dal
- Meal format
- One-Pot Wonder
- Base
- Rice, Millets, Grains
Carrot, Bottle Gourd (Lauki / Sorakaya), Frozen Peas, Spinach, Potatoes, Dosakaya (Yellow Cucumber), Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Zucchini, Corn
From my kitchenCook this meal
Ingredients & method
- Prep
- 15 mins
- Cook
- 28 mins
- Total
- 43 mins
- Serves
- 2
Rice & Dal
- ½ cuprice
- ½ cupsplit yellow moong dal
- —Choose 1–3 cups of vegetables, chopped into bite-sized pieces:
- 1small carrot, diced
- 1 cupbottle gourd (lauki/sorakaya), diced
- ½ cupgreen beans, chopped
- 2½–3 cupswater (use more water for a softer, porridge-like khichdi)
Tempering & Seasoning
- 1 teaspoonoil or ghee
- ½ teaspooncumin (jeera) seeds
- to tasteSalt
- ¼ teaspoonturmeric powder
- ½ teaspooncoriander powder
- ½red chili powder (or to taste)
- ¼ teaspoonKitchen King masala
Optional additions:
- 1 cupspinach, roughly chopped (stir in after cooking)
- ½ cuppotatoes, diced
- 1 cupdosakaya (yellow cucumber), diced
- ½ cupfrozen peas
- ½ cuppumpkin, diced
- ½ cupsweet potato, diced
- ½ cupzucchini, diced
- ½ cupcorn
Step by step
Method
- 01
Add the rice and moong dal to a bowl and wash them 3 times with fresh water, gently rubbing the grains between your fingers. Drain well after the final rinse.
- 02
Turn the Instant Pot to Sauté mode. Add the oil or ghee. Once hot, add the cumin (jeera) seeds and let them splutter.
- 03
Add the vegetables of your choice and sauté for 2–3 minutes.
- 04
Add the washed rice and moong dal and stir everything together for about a minute.
- 05
Pour in the water, then add the salt, turmeric, coriander powder, Kitchen King masala, and a pinch of garam masala. Mix well.
- 06
Close the lid, set the valve to Sealing, and cook on Pressure Cook (High) for 6 minutes.
- 07
Allow the pressure to release naturally for about 10 minutes, then carefully release any remaining pressure.
- 08
Open the lid and stir the khichdi well. If desired, fold in the chopped spinach and let the residual heat wilt it for 1–2 minutes.
- 09
If you'd like a softer consistency, stir in a little hot water until it reaches your preferred texture.
- 10
This comforting khichdi is delicious with a dollop of ghee. It also pairs wonderfully with a bowl of raita, making it a simple, nourishing meal any day of the week.
