Ingredients
- 1 cup rice (basmati or kalijeera or chinigura rice)
- 1/2 cup red lentils (yellow lentils should be fine too)
- 1/2 cup onion chopped
- 2 tbsp cilantro chopped
- 4 green chillis whole
- 1/2 cup cooking oil vegetable oil
- 3 cup water
- 1 tbsp ghee (butter ghee)
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 1/2 tsp ground red chili powder
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 3 cardamom
- 3 cloves
- 1 tsp whole cumin seeds
- 1/2 cup potato
- 1/2 cup cauliflower
- 1/4 cup peas
- 1/4 cup carrots
- 1/4 cup green beans
- 1/4 cup corn
- 1/4 cup green papaya
Instructions
- Rinse rice and lentils together and drain water
- Peel and make small cubes of the potato, carrot, green papaya. Make small pieces of cauliflower and green beans. (I used 1 cup of pre-cut frozen mixed vegetables for carrot, green beans, corn and peas
- In a saucepan add 3 tablespoons of oil. Keep the heat in medium high heat. When the oil warms up, add the potato and green papaya first and fry them for 2-3 minutes. Then add the rest of the vegetables and fry for 2-3 minutes. Take out the vegetables.
- In the saucepan, heat the rest of the oil. Put in cumin seeds, bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon and cardamom. When the cumin seeds pop, add the onion and fry till light brown. Add the ginger and garlic paste. Add 2 tablespoons of water so that the spices don’t burn. Add red chili powder, turmeric powder and salt.
- Add the rice and lentils and fry them for 4-5 minutes. Add the fried vegetables and fry for 2 minutes. Add water, stir, cover and leave it in medium high heat for 15 minutes or until the water has evaporated. Slightly stir and add whole green chilis, cilantro leaves and ghee.
- Adding ghee at the end helps to keep the smell of the ghee in the khichuri. Mix everything. In low heat leave the khichuri for 5 minutes. Stir and stop the flame.
- Serve at lunch or dinner!
Nutrition
Calories: 602kcal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 16g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 176mg | Potassium: 417mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 23IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 3mg
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