Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, spinach khichdi. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Khichdi has always been our family's favorite food. Its also ranks top in my list of comfort food. This khichdi is similar to my vegetable khichdi except instead of vegetables, I have used spinach.
Spinach khichdi is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Spinach khichdi is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook spinach khichdi using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Spinach khichdi:
- Make ready 1 cup rice
- Prepare 3/4 cup green moongdal
- Prepare 5 cups water
- Get 2 cups rough chopped spinach
- Get 1 medium onion finely chooped
- Take 1 tomato finely chopped
- Make ready 1 Green chilli finaly chooped
- Get 1/2 tsp Grated ginger
- Take 1/2 tsp Grated garlic
- Get 2 tbsp ghee
- Get 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- Get 1 bay leaf
- Prepare 1/4 tsp hing(asofedieda
- Get 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
- Prepare 1 tsp salt or to taste
- Make ready 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 1/4 tsp garam masala
- Prepare As required Ghee
Spinach Oats Khichdi is a healthy take on the regular Khichdi. The combination of Oats, lentils and spinach makes it a light yet complete meal in itself. It is full of subtle flavors from spices. Palak khichdi is a rice and lentil based dish with spinach added to make it wholesome and nutritious.
Steps to make Spinach khichdi:
- Take rice and green moong dal in a large bowl and Wash the rice and lentils 3-4 times with clean water. Then soak them together in 5 cups of water for about 1 hour.
- Rinse the palak or spinach leaves well and then in a mixer or blender, make a smooth puree of the spinach adding very little water. Keep the spinach puree aside.
- In a pressure cooker heat 2 tbsp ghee and add 1/4 tsp asofedieda saute 1/2 tsp cumin, 1 bay leaf and cloves, also saute onion, till they turn slightly golden. Add ginger garlic paste and 1 green chilli. Saute for few seconds.
- Add 1 tomato and saute till the tomatoes turn soft and mushy. Add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and garam masala, mix well and sauté 2-3 minutes.
- Add palak puree and cook for 5 minutes or till palak changes colour.
- Add the rice and green moong dal to the spinach mixture with water. Stir well. Pressure cook the khichdi on medium flame for 2 whistles.
- Once the pressure settles down on it's own, remove the lid. Khichadi is ready.
- While serving, pour the palak khichdi in bowls or plates and top it with ghee.
- Note:-If the khichdi looks thick, then you can add some hot water and simmer for a few minutes.
Khichdi is always a great comfort food. This is a simple one pot dish that can be prepared quickly and. Dhal khichdi is healing, delicious, and it is an absolute blast of flavour. You will be amazed by how easy it is to make and how nourishing a bowl of this delight can be. It has moong( green gram) and masoor (red lentils) dals, which are both easy to digest and it has garlic and spinach, so you are presenting your.
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