Recipe: Tasty Chana dal khichdi

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Recipe: Tasty Chana dal khichdi Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Chana dal khichdi. This chana dal khichdi is unlike the other Indian khichdi varieties which have a thin or medium porridge-like consistency. By the way Khichdi is a term used for one-pot dishes that are made with cereals, lentils and vegetables. In this recipe, the rice grains as well as chana dal lentils are separate and this gives the khichdi a pulav like texture.

It is a super easy recipe which can be made in no time.

Serve Chana Dal Khichdi with Gujarati Kadhi or any raita of your choice.

Else, semi cook chana dal separately before adding dal to khichdi.

You can cook Chana dal khichdi using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chana dal khichdi

  1. It’s 3/4 bowl of chana dal.

  2. It’s 1 bowl of rice.

  3. It’s 7 bowl of water.

  4. Prepare to taste of Salt.

  5. It’s 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.

  6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of black pepper powder.

  7. You need 1 tablespoon of ghee.

Chana Dal Khichdi is a one-pot meal made with rice and chana dal (split chickpeas) along with some spices.

You can easily make this recipe in Instant Pot.

Chana Dal Khichdi pair nicely with Yogurt/Raita, Achaar (Indian Pickle), or with Aloo Rasedar.

This is one of the popular rice recipes to make at lunch and is one of my Family favorites.

Chana dal khichdi instructions

  1. Wash and Soak chana dal for an hour or two..

  2. Take a pressure cooker and add water in it. Once the water comes to a boil add all the ingredients in it..

  3. Cook till two whistle on medium flame. Khichdi is ready, serve it with curd, papad or achar..

Chana Dal Ki Khichdi is a one-pot meal that combines rice and chana Dal.

The seasonal veggie like green peas are added to this preparation that makes it a bit more wholesome.

To spice up the taste of this khichdi, a masala paste of ginger, garlic, cinnamon, peppercorns (Kalimirch) and other Indian spices are added that makes this dish more.

Add Chana dal and rice, give it a nice stir.

Now add salt , turmeric powder and red chilly powder.