Urad Bajra Khichdi Recipe

Urad Bajra Khichdi Recipe

Ingredients:

• 250 gm pearl millet
• 50 gm toor daal
• 20 gm ghee
• 2 gm cumin seeds
• 50 gm tomato
• 50 gm urad dal
• 50 gm rice
• salt as required
• 50 gm onion
• 5 gm green chili

Recipe :

• Step 1 Remove the bajra husk

  Sprinkle some water on the whole bajra and set it aside for an hour. Slightly crush bajra using the mortar and pestle to loosen out the husk. Then take out the bajra in a plate, gently crush with your hands then the bajra husk is removed by winnowing.

• Step 2 Prepare bajra mixture and cook it in pressure cooker

  Wash the Urad Dal whole, Arhar dal & rice, keep it aside. Now just add the ready bajra and rest to a pot with 4 cups of water and salt in the pressure cooker and cook for 5 whistles on medium heat or cook till done. If required cook it more on slow flame and mash it slightly.

• Step 3 Saute onion and tomatoes, and add bajra mixture

  In a separate pan add ghee, pop in some cumin seeds once start crackle add chopped onion cook till translucent then add chopped tomatoes cook it further then add it to cooked bajra mixture. If required add more hot water to adjust the consistency and then simmer for 10 minutes.

• Step 4 Serve urad bajra khichdi with ghee

  Serve hot with lots of ghee on top. Bajra khichdi is best served with ghee on top or buttermilk.