Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, manipuri khichadi. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Manipuri Khichdi is a delectable main dish recipe which is prepared with basmati rice, toor daal, onion, raw peanuts and spices like green cardamom and bay leafs. Unlike the regular khichdi, this scrumptious khichdi recipe is a Manipuri delicacy which is served during rath Jatra festival. They used generally use rice, leafy vegetables, meat in Manipuri cuisine.
Manipuri Khichadi is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Manipuri Khichadi is something that I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook manipuri khichadi using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Manipuri Khichadi:
- Get 1 Cup Basmati Rice
- Prepare 1/4 Cup Yellow Pigeon lentil Toor Dal
- Make ready 1 Small Onion Chopped
- Take 1 ts Ginger and Garlic Paste
- Make ready 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- Get 2 tbsp Peanuts Fried
- Take 2 Green Cardamoms
- Prepare 2-3 Cloves
- Get 1 Small Bayl eaf
- Prepare 2 Whole Red Chilies
- Make ready 2 tbsp Oil
- Get 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Get to Taste Salt
- Make ready 1/2 Cup Pomegranate seeds
- Make ready 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
Manipuri Khichdi, have it with any Gravy and you will come back for more. It is not like the short cut Khicdi, taken when you are sick or by the poor. It is a delicacy, we serve during the rath Jatra festival. We serve it on lotus leaves which gives out a very sweet smell and makes it taste even better.
Steps to make Manipuri Khichadi:
- Wash and soak the rice and dal for 15 minutes. - Drain the whole water and transfer into pressure cooker with 3 cups of water, salt and turmeric powder.
- Cover with lid and cook till to soft or 3-4 whistles. - Heat the ghee in non-stick pan, add bayleaf, cumin seeds, cloves, red chilies, cardamom and saute few seconds.
- Add green chilies, garlic and ginger paste and saute again few seconds. - Add chopped onion and fry till to golden brown.Open the lid of cooker.
- Add this masala and peanuts into the khichdi and cook for 4-5 minutes more. Mix well.Khichdi is ready to serve.
- Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves.Garnish with pomegranate seeds.Serve with Papad and Pickle.Tasty and healthy.
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