Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, red lentils khichdi. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Red Lentils Khichdi is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Red Lentils Khichdi is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have red lentils khichdi using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Red Lentils Khichdi:
- Take 1 cup Kolam Rice
- Take 1/2 cup Red Lentils
- Make ready 1 Onion (Regular) (Finely Chopped)
- Take 4 Green Chillies (Finely Chopped)
- Prepare 1 Tomato (Finely Chopped)
- Prepare 1 tsp Ginger Paste
- Prepare 1 tsp Garlic Paste
- Prepare 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves (Finely Chopped)
- Get 1 Sprig Curry Leaves
- Take 1/4 tsp Cumin Seeds
- Make ready as needed Few Peppercorns
- Get 2 Cardamoms
- Take 1 inch Cinnamon Stick
- Take 2 Cloves
- Make ready pinch Asafoetida
- Make ready 1 Veg Soup Cube
- Take 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Take 1/2 tsp Pepper Powder
- Take 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
- Get 1 tsp Garam Masala
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Take as needed Ghee/Oil (For Cooking-As required)
- Get 3 cups Hot Water
Steps to make Red Lentils Khichdi:
- Heat ghee/oil in a small kadai. Add cumin seeds, cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns and asafoetida.
- Add green chillies and curry leaves and saute for few seconds. Add onions and saute till they are translucent.
- Add ginger paste and garlic paste and saute till the raw smell leaves.
- Add tomatoes and salt and cook till they become soft and mushy.
- Add turmeric powder, pepper powder, cumin powder and garam masala and saute for sometime.
- Add this in a rice steamer with rice, red lentils and water and let it cook till done. ie. For about 12 to 15 minutes. Serve hot with Pickle, Salad, Raita etc.
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