How to Make Perfect Chana Dal Khichdi

How to Make Perfect Chana Dal Khichdi Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Chana Dal Khichdi. This chana dal khichdi is unlike the other Indian khichdi varieties which have a thin or medium porridge-like consistency. By the way Khichdi is a term used for one-pot dishes that are made with cereals, lentils and vegetables. In this recipe, the rice grains as well as chana dal lentils are separate and this gives the khichdi a pulav like texture.

It is a super easy recipe which can be made in no time.

Serve Chana Dal Khichdi with Gujarati Kadhi or any raita of your choice.

Chana Dal Khichdi is not the regular khichdi that we cook at our place, but is more like a pulao and tastes amazing.

You can cook Chana Dal Khichdi using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chana Dal Khichdi

1. It’s 2 bowls of basmati rice.

2. It’s 1 bowl of Gram dal.

3. Prepare 2 tb of spoon cooking oil.

4. It’s 1 tsp of cumin seeds.

5. It’s 1 of onion.

6. It’s 2 of tomatoes.

7. It’s To taste of salt.

8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of degi mirch.

9. You need 1/2 tsp of pulav masala (MDH).

10. Prepare 8-10 of black pepper seeds.

11. You need 5 of cloves.

12. It’s 2 of Bay leaves.

13. It’s 2 of Green cardamom.

14. It’s 1 stick of cinnamom.

15. You need 5 bowls of water.

16. Prepare of Other.

17. It’s of Pickle.

18. You need of Onion rings for salad.

This Punjabi recipe is prepared with chana dal, basmati rice, onion, ginger-garlic, fennel and cumin seeds is extremely tempting and is best served with fresh curd or raita, and salad; however, you can enjoy with a pickle as well.

Chana Dal Khichdi is a one-pot meal made with rice and chana dal (split chickpeas) along with some spices.

You can easily make this recipe in Instant Pot.

Chana Dal Khichdi pair nicely with Yogurt/Raita, Achaar (Indian Pickle), or with Aloo Rasedar.

Chana Dal Khichdi step by step

1. Wash and Soak rice and dal for 20 minutes. Wash, peel and chop onions and grate tomatoes and make a puree..

2. Heat oil in a cooker. Add cumin seeds and when cumin seeds splutter put finely chopped onions. Saute for 5 minutes or till it turn golden. Add tomato puree and stir..

3. Add black pepper seeds. Cloves, cardamoms, cinnamon and Bay leaves. Add salt, red chilli powder and pulav masala and stir for two minutes..

4. Add rice and dal and saute till oil leaves the sides..

5. Add water and place the lid. Pressure cook for 5 minutes after first whistle. Let pressure releases automatically..

6. Open the lid and stir pulav..

7. Serve hot with pickle and onion rings..

This is one of the popular rice recipes to make at lunch and is one of my Family favorites.

Chana Dal Ki Khichdi is a one-pot meal that combines rice and chana Dal.

The seasonal veggie like green peas are added to this preparation that makes it a bit more wholesome.

To spice up the taste of this khichdi, a masala paste of ginger, garlic, cinnamon, peppercorns (Kalimirch) and other Indian spices are added that makes this dish more.

Add Chana dal and rice, give it a nice stir.