Monday, July 19, 2010

Moong dal & Dhalia kichdi


Ingredients:
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  • Dhalia(Broken wheat) - 1/2 cup
  • Washed split moong dal - 1/2 cup
  • salt - to taste
  • Green peas - 1 handful
  • Carrot - 1 medium sized,finely chopped
  • Capsicum - 1 small,finely chopped
  • French beans - 6,finely chopped
  • Onion - 1 medium sized,finely chopped
  • green chillies - 2 to 3,slit open
  • water - 2 to 2.5 cups
  • Ghee - 3 tsp
  • Oil - 1 tsp
  • Red chilli - 1
  • asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
  • Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Method:
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  • Wash moong dal and dhalia twice or thrice.
  • Drain excess water and leave in the colander for 5 min.

  • Heat 2 tsp of ghee in a kadai.Add dalia and moong dal mixture.
  • Saute well till it turns brown.Remove from fire and set aside.
  • Heat oil and rest of ghee in the kadai.Add hing ,curry leaves and jeera.When it splutters,add onions,green chillies and saute well.
  • Add capsicum and saute till it becomes tender.
  • Add peas,carrots,beans and saute till they turn tender.
  • Add salt,water and cook covered till they veggies are 80% done.
  • Add the roasted moong-dalia mixture,add little water if required and cook covered till it gets cooked well.
Adjust the quantity of water as and when required.

Serve hot with sugar/pickle/curd.

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