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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Vegetable kichdi

Couldn't decide which vegetable should go on my table,so I took many of them and prepared vegetable kichdi.
This recipe too comes from my mom's school of cooking(as my husband names it),I really relish on this whenever am at home for holidays.
Ingredients :
1 Onion sliced
1 chopped tomato
1 finely cubed potato
1/2 cup grated cauliflower
1/2 cup peas
1/2 cup chopped beans

2 cups rice.washed,drained and kept aside.
2 sp chillie powder
1 sp cumin powder
1 sp corinader powder
1/2 teasp turmeric
1/4 sp ajinomato
1 tbl sp moong dal,
1 tbl sp toor dal,
1 tbl sp chana dal,
 1sp ginger garlic paste
2tbl oil
cloves 2,
cinnamon 1''
bay leaf 1

Method :

Heat oil in a deep bottomed vessel then add cloves,cinnamon and bay leaf.saute for few secs.
Add toor dal,moong dal,chana dal and fry till light brown.
Add onion and stir until it becomes soft.Add ginger garlic paste and curry leaves.Saute for 1-2 min.
Add all the vegetables and saute for few secs.Add salt as required and pour 1/4 cup of water.Cover it and boit for 3-4 min.Add chillie powder,cumin powder,coriander powder,pinch of turmeric.Stir for 2 min.
add tomatoes and pour 3.5 cups of water.
Once bubbles appear,add  rice and adjust the salt.(check whether it tastes accordingly,if not add some more.)
After 4min,lower the heat and check in between till rice is cooked properly.
once done garnish with coriander leaves and serve with raita or pickle.
Kichdi with raita



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