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.