Khichdi Instant Pot
This is an easy one pot dish where rice and lentils are cooked together.
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 178kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
To Pressure Cook
- ½ cup rice
- ½ cup dal
- 4 cup water
- 1 tomato chopped
- 1 tsp salt or as per taste
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1½ tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ½ tsp asafoetida
- 1 onion
- 2 - 4 garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp ghee or clarrified butter or any vegetable oil
- ½ inch ginger optional
- 4 - 6 curry Leaves optional
Instructions
- Wash dal and rice thouroughly & soak for 10 minutes in water.
- Start the instant pot on SAUTE mode.
- Add oil or ghee to the inner pot when it shows HOT.
- Add cumin seeds to it and let it crackle for 5 - 10 seconds.
- Then add chopped onions, garlic,ginger, green chili, curry leaves.
- Saute for 2 minutes stirring in between.
- Add chopped tomatoes and saute till it's tender.
- Add all the ground spices and salt.
- Stir it well. If require add 1/4 cup water.
- Add rinsed rice and lentils.
- Mix them well.
- Add water and mix them well.
- Now CANCEL the SAUTE mode.
- Close the lid and turn the SEAL knob to VENTING position.
- Start the manual PRESSURE COOK mode for 6 minutes.
- When it beeps, allow it for natural pressure release (NPR).
- Remove the lid, add some finely chopped cilantro leaves and drizzle some more ghee on top and serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 178kcal