Kodo Millet Khichadi
Kodo Millet Khichadi is a gluten-free, healthy and nutritious one-pot meal. The khichadi is full of vegetables and makes an excellent no-frill comfort meal.
Ingredients
- 2 cups kodo millet
- 1/2 cup moong daal
- 1 cup mixed vegetables ( peas carrots, potatoes)
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tbsp garlic chopped
- 2-3 cloves
- " cinnamon stick a small piece
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 tomato chopped
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp red chilly powder
- 1 tsp curry powder
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Soak the kodo millet for at least 3-4 hours.
- Soak the daal too.
- After 4 hours, wash them well and drain the water.
- Cook both kodo and daal in separate cookers.
- Heat ghee.
- Add garlic and let it turn golden.
- Add bay leaf, cloves and cinnamon.
- Add onion and sauté till translucent.
- Add the mixed vegetables and sauté.
- Add tomatoes and let it cook on slow flame till it turns mushy.
- Once done add the spices.
- Now add the cooked kodo and dal.
- Mix well, add about 1/4 cup water and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
- Open the cooker after the pressure is released.
- Give a good stir and serve with some more ghee.
