Khichuri is a delicious comfort dish, customary to cook during religious festivals in Bengal.
By Anamika Sharma
Khichuri is very popular Bengali dish and it’s always being a personal favorite too for me. I am glad I got the chance to learn from a Bengali friend and make this delicious Khichuri at home, I learnt, cooked, clicked and then it was all for us to eat.
Bengali Khichuri, Khichuri Bhog
- Total Time: 40 minutes
Description
A delicious Bengal khichuri from Anamika Sharma.
Ingredients
- Govindobhog or any rice – 1 cup ( I used basmati rice )
- Moong Daal – 1 cup
- Green Peas – ¼ cup
- Potatoes – 2 ( chopped into small pieces )
- Tomato – 1
- Chili Powder – ½ teaspoon
- Turmeric Powder – 1 teaspoon
- Cumin Seeds Powder – 1 teaspoon
- Dry Red Chillis – 2 or you can use green chillies slit into halves
- Bay leaves – 1 or 2
- Ginger Paste – 2 tablespoons
- Cloves – 2- 3
- Cardamoms – 2
- Cinnamom Stick – ½ inch only
- Salt to taste
- Water – 3 cups or ½ litre
- Sugar – ½ teaspoon
- Ghee – 2 tablespoons
Instructions
- Take a non-stick kadai and dry roast the moong daal for few seconds and till you smell the aroma from the daal, its color will change to brown. Sprinkle some water over the dry roasted daal and keep aside.
- Now wash the rice under running water and keep aside. Take a pressure cooker and heat ghee in it for few seconds and add in bay leaves, Cinnamon Stick, cloves, cardamom and stir for few seconds. Now add in ginger paste, dry red chillies and mix well and allow to cook for 3 – 4 minutes. Add in chopped potatoes and peas to this now and sauté for 2 – 4 minutes. Add tomatoes and mix again.
- After this add in dry roasted daal and washed rice with water, mix well, add in salt, sugar and red chilli powder to it. Now pressure cook on low till you get one whistle.
- Switch off the flame and let it rest in stream for few minutes, open and allow to cook with open lid for 5 – 7 minutes till the rice and daal are fully mixed with each other.
- Serve hot.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
When do you add the turmeric powder?
Darun…