Sunday, 7 August 2011

Fav Comfy Food - BAJRA KICHDI

Saturday Nights are usually boring for me, specially on those days when you have lunch outside and have to cook only dinner. This Saturday was one of such days. At 8 p.m. my daughter Disha called me and said, Mom plz prepare Bajra Kichdi for dinner. So I asked her to get some bajra and moongdal, while coming home. She promptly got 2 kgs of bajra and 2 kgs of whole moong. Now I do not know what to do with so much of bajra and  instead of moongdal I have Moong with me. After searching for 15 minutes in the pantry I got hold of a lil quantity of moongdal. Thank God for small mercies!

BAJRA KICHDI:



Ingredients:
Bajra - 1 cup
Moongdal - 2 cups
Salt to taste
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Shah jeera - 1 tbsp
Hing - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Powder bajra coarsely.
2. Wash Moongdal, put in a cooker along with bajra powder and salt.
3. Add water and put it on gas. Take out 2 whistles. Switch off gas. At this point, your kitchen counter will be splashed with bajra water, be prepared to clean it afterwards.
4. Once the cooker cools , heat ghee in a pan, add shahjeera and hing and pour it on the kichdi.

Serve hot with pickles.





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