Black/Red Rice Khichdi

Black/Red Rice Khichdi

Black/Red Rice Khichdi

On days when you need your comfort food, try making it with a red rice variant. Who says you can’t be experimental with khichdi?

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup Qidhan black/red rice
  • 3 tablespoons split skinless green gram(dhuli moong dal)
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 5-6 black peppercorns
  • 1 stick cinnamon
  • 3-4 cloves
  • 2 whole dry red chillies
  • A pinch of asafoetida
  • Some curry leaves
  • 2 green chillies
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 diced potatoes
  • Yogurt

Red Chilly

PREPARATION

Add ghee in a pressure cooker and stir it with cumin seeds, black peppercorn, cinnamon, cloves, dry red chillies, asafoetida and curry leaves.
Then add red rice and mix well.
Add two and a half cups of water, green chillies and salt.

Once the water comes to a boil, add the potatoes and moong dal and stir. Cover the cooker with the lid and cook for fifteen minutes.
Wait for ten minutes to open the lid.
Serve hot with yogurt.

Black/Red Rice Khichdi