Palak Khichadi (Spinach Rice)
Palak Khichadi (Spinach Rice)

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Palak Khichdi is a wholesome vegetarian dish made with lentils, rice and spinach. This gluten-free dish cooked in ghee, earthy cumin and warming garam masala makes an amazingly flavorful and satisfying meal. Kitchari or Khichdi is a nourishing, porridge-like Indian comfort food that makes an easy to digest, healthful meal. Palak khichdi is a sumptuous and nutritious khichdi made with mung lentils, rice, spinach and peanuts.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook palak khichadi (spinach rice) using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Palak Khichadi (Spinach Rice):
  1. Get 1 Bunch Fresh Spinach
  2. Make ready 1 cup Chopped Coriander
  3. Take 1 Cup Rice
  4. Make ready 1 Cup Moong Daal
  5. Prepare 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Crushed
  6. Get 2 tbsp Finely Chopped Green Chilli
  7. Prepare 1 Cup Sliced Onion
  8. Make ready 1/2 Cup Tomato
  9. Make ready 2 tbsp Curd
  10. Prepare 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
  11. Get 1 tbsp Red Chilli Powder
  12. Take 2 tbsp Whole Spices (1 Star Anis, 1 Bay leaf, 1 Black Cardamom, 1/2 inch Cinnamon Bark)
  13. Get 1 tsp Asafoetida
  14. Take to Taste Salt
  15. Take 1 tsp Musturd Seeds
  16. Get 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds
  17. Get 5-7 Curry leaves
  18. Get 3 tbsp Ghee

Boil a little water and put the spinach leaves in it. Add a little salt and a pinch of sugar. Khatti Meethi Palak Khichdi Recipe is a delectable khichdi which is packed with taste, flavours and nutrition.  The khichdi is packed with protein and carbs from the rice and dal and the addition of Palak or Spinach into the Khichdi adds to the vitamins and minerals.  Serve the Khatti Meethi Palak Khichdi topped with ghee, sliced onions and papad for a wholesome meal. For tadka: - In a small bowl, heat.

Steps to make Palak Khichadi (Spinach Rice):
  1. Soak Rice and Daal together for 1 hour. Take pressure Cooker, Take rice and daal and add almost 5-6 cup of water, All whole spices, Ghee almost 1 tbsp, turmeric and salt to taste. Mix it well. And cook them on medium heat for 3 whistle. (If you do not want to pressure cook, just cook it on pan until rice and daal get mushy.)
  2. As soon as our rice gets ready we will start making tadka for it. For that we add ghee on pan or kadhai, put musturd seeds in it as soon as oil gets hot. As musturds seeds starts to crack add cumin seeds, curry leaves, and green chillies. Let them cook for 1/2 min.
  3. Add ginger garlic and onion it and stir it until it starts getting golden. Add red chilli powder, Little Turmeric and Asafoetida in it. Mix it well.
  4. Add spinach in it with cup of water and let it cook for 3-4 min. Add Curd in it.
  5. As mixture starts boiling add cooked rice and daal. As we have already added salt while cooking rice and daal, carefully add salt accordingly. This khichadi is supposed to be semi liquid. So if you think its getting dry add curd or little more water. Put lid on it.
  6. Let the khichadi cook for 4-5 mins. And Serve it hot with ghee on top of it.

Khatti Meethi Palak Khichdi Recipe is a delectable khichdi which is packed with taste, flavours and nutrition.  The khichdi is packed with protein and carbs from the rice and dal and the addition of Palak or Spinach into the Khichdi adds to the vitamins and minerals.  Serve the Khatti Meethi Palak Khichdi topped with ghee, sliced onions and papad for a wholesome meal. For tadka: - In a small bowl, heat. Temper mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves. Add chopped onions, green chilies and cook for a while. To this, add the ground paste and mix well with salt, turmeric, red chilli powder and garam masala.

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