Masala Khichdi

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Ingredients:

1 cup Cauliflower florets

1 cup carrot diced

1 cup green peas shelled

1 cup potato peeled and diced

1 cup rice

¼ cup dal

2 tbsp mustard oil

2 nos whole red chillies

5-7 nos black pepper

5 nos cloves

2 nos bay leaf

1 tsp jeera

1 big onion chopped

1 tsp garlic-ginger

1 tsp chopped ginger

1 tsp chopped green chillies

Salt

1 tsp Turmeric powder

1 tsp Coriander powder

1 tsp Red chilli powder

1 cup diced tomato

1 tbsp ghee

1 tsp jeera

1 pinch hing

1 tsp chopped garlic

½ tsp degimirch powder

1 tbsp Chopped coriander

Method:

Heat mustard oil in a pressure cooker pan, add whole red chillies, black pepper, cloves, bayleaf and jeera and allow it to crackle.

Add chopped onion, chopped ginger, garlic and green chillies and allow it to cook further.

Add salt, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, coriander powder and cook till oil separates

Add chopped tomato and cook briefly, add cut vegetables and previously  soaked dal and rice to the cooker, add water and cook on high flame for 2 whistles and on slow flame for 2 whistles

In the meantime heat ghee in a pan and add jeera and hing, allow it to bloom, add chopped garlic and red chilly powder.

Pour this tadka over rice and garnish it with chopped coriander.

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