Za Recipes

Kichidi.....this is well known to every one....the ease of making it made it very popular item on a lazy holiday. It do not require and side dish, making is simple, tastes very good, fills the stomach, thats all. I prefer making this on weekends, its our regular holiday brunch. I love it, my hubby love it too (this is important ;)!!!!!!!!!
Here is the recipe, Some make i with moong dal / Green lentils but my hubby loves it with chana dal
















Ingredients:
Basmathi Rice/ regular rice- 3 cups
Chana Dal (split gram dal)-1/2 cup
you can use vegetables you like but remember to chop them into large pieces
Carrot slices- 1/2 cup
beans chopped-1/2 cup
Green peas-1/4cup
cauliflower florets- 1cup
green chili-2 cubed
Onions chopped-1/2cup
Spices:
cloves-4
Elachi / cardamom-3 cloves
Cinnamon stick- 1big
Bay leaves / biryani leafs -2 big
Sajeera / Jeera/ cumin seeds-1/2ts

Nuts, mint leaves, cilantro-  (optional)
Ginger garlic paste-2ts
vegetable oil/ ghee/ butter-3-4ts
Salt to taste
Water for cooking
Method:

• Wash and soak rice and chana dal in water, for 1 cup of mixture add 2cups of water (1:2 ratio) and add 1ts of table salt and keep it aside.
• Now take a thick bottom skillet and add 3-4ts of olive oil / butter / ghee/ vegetable oil to the skillet and heat it.
• Add all the spices cloves + cinnamon + cardamom + bay leaves +jeera and  wait until they splutter, always remember to cook spices in medium flame.
• Then add ginger garlic paste and cook until the raw flavor vanishes.
• Toss in all vegetables and stir it well.
• cook until they are half done by closing the lid.
• Now add this mixture to soaked rice and cook just like a normal rice in a rice cooker or pressure cooker.
• I love enjoying this with raita, but it does not require any side dish.