How to make Brown Rice Khichdi

Preparation Time: 10 mins (+20 mins for soaking) | Cooking Time: 20 mins | Serves: 2

Ingredients
1/2 cup brown rice
1/2 cup mixed moong and moth daal
1-2 green/red chillies, chopped
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
1/2” ginger, finely chopped
1 onion, chopped
2 tomatoes, pureed (or 5 tbsp tomato puree)
a pinch of hing (asafoetida)
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Lemon juice to taste
2 tsp ghee

Method
*Wash the rice and daals under running water. Soak in 3 cups of hot water for 20 minutes.

*Heat ghee in pressure cooker. Add hing and cumin seeds. When the seeds start to sputter, add chopped onion. Sauté the onion for a minute.

*Add chopped ginger, garlic and chillies to the onions. Sauté for 5 mins.

*Add the tomato puree and all the spices. Mix well. Sauté for a minute and then add the soaked rice and daal along with the water they were soaked in. Pressure cook for two whistles.

*Remove from heat and let the steam escape on its own before opening the cooker.

*Serve hot with some papad and pickle.