One Pot Vegan/Vegetarian Rice and Lentils Dish - Khichdi

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup basmati rice (white)
• 1/2 cup mung beans (yellow split variety)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 2 sticks cinnamon
• 2 cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon asafetida powder
• 1 red chili (optional)
• 1 cup mixed vegetables, chopped (frozen or fresh, use firm veggies only like carrots, peas, greenbeans) (optional)
• 1 potato, quartered (optional)
• 2 tablespoons ghee or butter or vegan margarine

Directions

1. 1

   Wash mung and rice together in a few changes of water. Place in pressure cooker.

2. 2

   Put an equivalent volume of water in pressure cooker.

3. 3

   Put all other ingredients in, except for cumin, ghee, chillies and asafetida.

4. 4

   Cook for 3 whistles (roughly 5 minutes).

5. 5

   Let it cool down, and you can do this by running the closed cooker under cold water to facilitate faster cooling.

6. 6

   Heat ghee in pan, add chilli and cumin and asafetida, fry for a few seconds and mix into khichdi.

7. 7

   Serve.