Tadkewali Masoor Dal Khichdi Recipe With Garlic & Onions
Comfort food at it's best, this Lehsun-Pyaaz Tadkewali Masoor Dal Khichdi Recipe is a light meal of whole masoor dal cooked along with rice until it is mushy and topped with a luscious tempering of onions and garlic fried in ghee with simple spices. A quick fix meal that can be put together with basic ingredients at home.
Ingredients
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For the khichdi
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1 cup Rice
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washed and soaked
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3/4 cup Masoor Dal (Whole)
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1 Tomato
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chopped
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2 inch Ginger
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chopped
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1 Bay leaf (tej patta)
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1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
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2 Green Chillies
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chopped
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Salt
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to taste
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For the tadka
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2 tablespoons Ghee
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2 teaspoons Cumin seeds (Jeera)
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2 Dry Red Chillies
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6 cloves Garlic
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chopped
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2 Onions
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thinly sliced
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Salt
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to taste
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1/3 cup Coriander (Dhania) Leaves
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chopped
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Tadkewali Masoor Dal Khichdi Recipe With Garlic & Onion, heat a pressure cooker on medium flame, add the masoor dal, rice, tomato, ginger, green chilies, turmeric powder, salt and bay leaf
Step 2
Add 4 cups of water and pressure cook the Masoor Dal Khichdi for 4 whistles and turn off the heat
Step 3
Allow the pressure to release naturally
Step 4
Set asideIn a kadai, heat ghee on medium flame, add cumin seeds and red chilies, let them sizzle
Step 5
Next add the chopped garlic and fry till it turns brown, this will take 2-3 minutes
Step 6
Once the garlic is fried, add in the thinly sliced onions and saute for about 5 minutes until it gets caramelized
Step 7
Turn off the flame, mix in the coriander leaves and set aside
Step 8
Open the pressure cooker give the Masoor Dal Khichdi good stir
Step 9
Transfer the Masoor Dal Khichdi into a serving platter and spoon the Garlic and Onion Tadka to the Masoor Dal Khichdi
Step 10
Serve this Tadkewali Masoor Dal Khichdi Recipe With Garlic & Onion along with Pudina & Dhaniya Raita Recipe and Aam Ka Achaar Recipe for a simple comforting weeknight dinner