I love green mung bean-I find split ones in Indian Grocery Stores all the time (haven’t tried them yet) but love the whole ones. You soak them for 30 mins in hot water and they are ready to go into a pressure cooker and cook to perfection in another 20 mins 🙂 You can make a variety of dishes using these amazing power packed green lentils.
Sanjay’s sister who loves to try new recipes-passed me one of her favorite- a pulav/rice with green gram. I was a bit skeptical to try it at first but decided to try it out. It was something I’ve never tried before. Came out so well. I decided to improvise it. So made this Amazing Khichdi. Khichdi translates to ‘lentils and rice cooked together’. It is super super healthy with all possible goodness in there. I used green gram and rice, spinach, veges, peas – Can this get better at all?
Here you go with the recipe for this Amazing Hearty Healthy Meal.
You need:
- Green gram-1 cup (Soak in hot water for 20 mins)
- Rice-1 cup (Not Basmati please-Ruins the taste-Long grain would do)
- Coconut oil-1 Tbsp
- Mustard seeds-1 Tbsp
- Curry Leaves-2 sprigs
- Asafoetida-a pinch
- Cloves-2
- Cinnamon-a small stick
- Bay leaf-1 leaf
- Onion-1 large-chopped fine
- Tomato-1 large-chopped fine
- Ginger- 1inch piece
- Garlic-4 pods
- Green Chili-2 split
- Carrot-1-peeled chopped into chunks
- Potato-1-peeled chopped into chunks
- Baby Spinach Leaves-1 handful-chopped fine
- Green beans-12-chopped into 1 inch pieces
- Chili powder-to taste
- Turmeric powder-to taste
- Coriander powder-to taste
- Water-4.5 cups
- Salt-to taste
Method:
- Into a pressure cooker, add coconut oil, heat it up, then add mustard seeds, curry leaves, hing, cloves, cinnamon, bayleaf and let it pop before adding onions, green chili in and fry until translucent.
- Add grated ginger, garlic and fry until they start to stick to the bottom of the cooker, now add tomatoes in.
- Give it a toss and then add turmeric, chili powder, coriander powder and mix them really well
- Add all the veges (carrot, potato, spinach, green beans and peas), give it a quick stir, add drained green gram and rice.
- Mix everything together-add 4.5 cups of water, add salt and stir once again.
- Cover the pressure cooker-3 steam outbursts and then on a low heat for 5 mins-turn off the heat
- Wait for the cooker to cool down and open the cooker and give it a quick mix.
I’ve never tried khichdi with whole green gram. Though we mk it with the split variety. Your recipe is definitely healthier!
Thanks Namz <3
Charu dear very nice to see addition of indian spices in your kitchen…..Green gram khichdi my favourite and looks gorgeous…..slurp.
Thanks Chitz <3
Wow! this is one exotic looking khichdi Charu! 🙂 I shall try this one the next time i cook with green dal. How did you manage to find coconut yoghurt, I never heard of it before! Sounds pretty cool! 😀
Thanks Radhi <3 Hunted the yogurt section, I have been obsessed with it 🙂
Khichdi with green gram that’s awesome Charu:-) looks delicious
Thanks Vidz <3
How did I miss all your post, this is too good!! Kichadi with green gram a great idea 🙂 Gonna try it very soon!! Super awesome 😀
Hope you like it 🙂 Thanks
I don’t know I missed your vegan raita.. Coconut yogurt never heard this.. Charu you rock big time dear:-)
Thanks Vidz <3 It is like God's sent man made gift 🙂 It is sweet though and Sanju couldn't go near it. I haven't had yogurt in a while-so I am like having it for brekky and lunch
I love it !
Thanks Sonal <3
Oh YEAH BABY! This is tapping at my solar plexus of happiness and this little black duck is going to make this for her dinner tonight… I can already smell the waftings of heady spice aromas and feel that happy contentedness that comes from satiating your hunger with something truly magnificent. Cheers for this delicious share 🙂
Awww.. Thanks 🙂 Hope you like it <3
I don’t know how anyone couldn’t like it. It looks amazing. Thank you SO much for sharing the recipe 🙂