Lentils and Mixed Grains Khichda Recipe

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Ingredients

2-3 Green Chilli,1/4 cup Coriander (Dhania) Leaves,1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi),1/4 cup Chana dal (Bengal Gram Dal),4 cloves Garlic - crushed,1 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera),Sunflower Oil - for cooking,1/4 cup Masoor Dal (Whole),3 Onions - finely chopped,1 tablespoon Lemon juice,Salt - to taste,2 inch Ginger - crushed,1/4 cup Jowar Seeds - soaked for 3 hours,1/2 cup Rice,1/4 cups Broken Wheat (Dalia/ Godumai Rava) - soaked for 3 hours,2 sprigs Curry leaves,1/2 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing),1/4 cup Bajra (seeds) - soaked for 3 hours,2 teaspoons Red Chilli powder,3 teaspoons Garam masala powder

Instructions

To prepare the Lentils and Mixed Grains Kichada Recipe, first get all the ingredients handy.Drain water from the soaked wheat and bajra and grind them in a mixer grinder to make a coarse paste.Pour water (5 cups) in a deep kadai just enough to cook the coarse grain mixture.Add 1 cup of rice and chana dal to the boiling mixture.After 10 minutes when the rice is half done, add in masur dal, turmeric powder, salt and mix well. Allow it to cook further for about 10 minutes on a medium flame.Take another deep frying pan to heat oil. Once the oil is hot, fry in onions till golden brown.Add in green chillies, ginger garlic paste and jeera powder and mix it well.Simmer the flame to toss in red chilli powder, garam masala powder, curry leaves and hing powder. Saute for half a minute.Slowly add cooked cereals to it and mix until the masala blends in it evenly.Garnish the Lentils and Mixed Grains Kichada Recipe with a generous pinch of finely chopped coriander, a few rings of onion and lemon for the dish to look as yummy as it tastes.

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