Fada Khichdi Recipe

Fada Khichdi is very nutritious khichdi made with broken wheat and yellow moong dal with lots of vegetables and spices, It is consider as diet Dish.

Ingredients

1 cup split yellow gram
1/2 cup broken wheat (wheat dalia)
1/2 cup small cubes potatoes
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
1/2 cup finely chopped capsicum
1/2 cup finely chopped tomato
1/4 cup finely chopped cauliflower
1/4 cup finely chopped cabbage
1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tbsp ghee
1 stick cinnamon
3 cloves
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp asafoetida
4 - 5 cups water
salt to taste

Method

1. First wash and soak split yellow gram and broken wheat for 30 mins. Drain out excess water after 15-20 minutes.
2. Heat ghee in pressure cooker, add cumin seeds, mustard seeds and wait till it crackles once it crackles add asafoetida, cloves, cinnamon and stir for 30 seconds.
3. Add potatoes, chopped onions, chopped capsicum, chopped tomato, chopped cauliflower, chopped cabbage and ginger-garlic paste and mix it well.
4. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and mix it well.
5. Add water into it and cook it for 10 mins.
6. Add split yellow gram and broken wheat and cook it for 5 mins.
7. Close the pressure cooker and wait till 4-5 whistles.
8. Allow the steam to escape then open the pressure cooker carefully.
9. Serve it Hot with Curd or Kadhi.