Palak Khichdi Recipe - Quick And Easy Spinach Rice - Indian Main Course Recipe By Ruchi Bharani

Ingredients:

1 1/2 bunches of Palak, pureed

5 green chillies

1 big onion

1 tsp ginger paste

3 tbsp garlic chopped

2 red chilli whole

2 pieces of cloves

1 cup rice

1/2 cup moong dal

2 tomatoes, skinned and chopped

1/2 tsp garam masala

1 tsp jeera

1 tbsp ghee

Pinch of turmeric powder

1/2 tsp cumin seed powder

2 pieces of cinnamon

Method:

- In a bowl, add the washed yellow moong dal, rice, turmeric powder, salt and water.

- In a pressure cooker, add little water and keep a stand. Keep the bowl of dal and rice inside the pressure cooker.

- Cover the cooker and let the dal and rice pressure cook.

- Add the spinach leaves and water to the blender and blend them to make the palak puree.

- Once the khichdi is cooked well, get the bowl out of the pressure cooker.

- Heat ghee in a pan.

- Add half the quantity of ginger and garlic to the ghee and saute them.

- Add the chopped onions and saute them until they are golden brown in colour.

- Add the tomatoes and green chillies.

- Once the tomatoes are cooked well, add the spinach puree and garam masala to it and mix well.

- Once the ingredients are cooked well, add the khichdi to it.

- If the khichadi is dry, add water to the blender bowl and pour it in the khichdi.

- Add salt to taste to the khichdi and let it cook for about 7 minutes.

- Once cooked, get the khichdi off the flame.

- Add the tadka to the khichdi and mix well.

- After adding the tadka, cover the khichdi for about 5 minutes before serving.

- The delicious palak khichdi is ready to be served.

For tadka:

- In a small bowl, heat some ghee.

- Once the ghee is hot, add the cumin seeds, cinnamon pieces, cloves, dry red chillies, asafoetida, remaining ginger and garlic, few curry leaves and coriander leaves and mix well.

- The tadka is ready.