Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, veg haleem/gehu khichda. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Veg Haleem/Gehu Khichda is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Veg Haleem/Gehu Khichda is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
Haleem is made of jowar, wheat, dals and spices, sometimes rice is also used. This dish which results in a paste-like consistency, blending the flavors of spices, jowar and wheat dals and spices. On the auspicious occasion of Akha Teej many Hindus, especially Rajasthanis make a traditional dish called Gehu ka Khichda. It is a complete meal which is healthy and nutritious, being a good source of protein, fibre, minerals, vitamins and carbohydrates.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook veg haleem/gehu khichda using 24 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Veg Haleem/Gehu Khichda:
- Take 1.5 cup whole wheat
- Make ready 2 tbsp chana daal
- Take 2 tbsp masoor daal
- Take 2 tbsp urad daal
- Take 2 tbsp mung daal
- Take 1 onion
- Get 1 tomato
- Take 4 tbsp dry fruits powder
- Take 2 twigs Curry leaves
- Prepare 3 whole red chillies
- Make ready 2 green chillies
- Take 8-10 black pepper
- Get 3 cardamoms
- Make ready 1 tbsp mix whole garam masala
- Get 7-8 cloves garlic
- Prepare 1 tsp cumin
- Get 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Get As per taste Salt
- Prepare 5-6 tbsp ghee
- Take 7-8 almonds
- Prepare For Fried onion
- Prepare 1 sliced onion
- Prepare As required Oil to fry
Haleem comes up with a different combination so sometimes it calls Harees and Khichda. Many people get confused with Haleem and Khichda as it seems similar in look. Haleem is more smooth in texture while the Khichda is coarsely ground so it's not mashed as haleem. The aroma of the spices, the onions friend in ghee and ofcorse the cooked haleem takes you right to heaven.
Instructions to make Veg Haleem/Gehu Khichda:
- Wash and soak whole wheat in water for 4-5 hours. Dry it for an hour.
- Wash and soak all daals for four hours.
- Grind wheat in mixie jar. Remove husk. Take all spices, almond add it to soaked daal.
- Grind daal to fine paste. Grind wheat to coarse structure. Chop onion and tomato.
- Make paste of onion tomato. In a pan add 2 tbsp ghee. Saute onion tomato paste. Add sliced green chillies. Add dry spices and roast.
- Add Masala daal paste to it. Saute it for 5-6 minutes. Add grounded wheat. Add water and keep on stirring.
- Add birista. Keep on stirring. Cook on low flame. Add remaining ghee. Add salt. Stir continuously. Fry onion in oil.
- Serve hot haleem topped with fried onions and chopped dry fruits.
Haleem is more smooth in texture while the Khichda is coarsely ground so it's not mashed as haleem. The aroma of the spices, the onions friend in ghee and ofcorse the cooked haleem takes you right to heaven. It is indeed a very rich preparation with all that ghee (clarified butter) and those pulses/dals and those exotic spices. But, at the same time, it is a complete meal packed with proteins and some carbohydrates too. Packed with broken wheat, a range of lentils, vegetables and spices, the Hyderabadi Veg Haleem is self-contained in flavour and texture and ideal to serve as a one-dish meal.
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