Fada Ni Khichdi Recipe

Kalyani Srinath

October 2, 2018

4731 Ratings

Time:Prep: 20 M|Cook: 30 M|Total: 50 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Lunch

Cuisine:Gujarati Recipes

Fada Ni Khichdi is a delicious one pot meal which can be made for a weekday dinner. Made with Broken wheat instead of rice, this is a perfect treat for diabetics and weight watchers too.

A combination of broken wheat, with moong dal and vegetables, cooked along with whole spices in ghee. The whole spices are flavour to the khichdi, while the ghee adds richness to it.

Serve Fada Ni Khichdi along with Coriander Tadka Raita Recipe, Gujarati Gor Keri Recipe - Sweet And Spicy Raw Mango Pickle, and papad by the side.

Ingredients

For Tempering

1 Broken Wheat (Dalia/ Godumai Rava)

1/4 Yellow Moong Dal (Split)

1/2 Turmeric powder (Haldi)

1/2 Garam masala powder

1 Ghee

1 Carrot (Gajjar), finely chopped

1/4 Green beans (French Beans), finely chopped

Salt, to taste

1/2 Whole Black Peppercorns, coarsely crushed

2 Cloves (Laung)

1 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds

1/2 Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)

1 Curry leaves

1/2 Ginger, grated

2 Green Chillies, slit

1/2 Cumin seeds (Jeera)

1 Dry Red Chilli

1/4 Asafoetida (hing)

Instructions for Fada Ni Khichdi Recipe

To begin making Fada Ni Khichdi recipe, firstly soak the moong dal in warm water for 15 mins.

In a small pressure cooker, heat half of the ghee. After adding the ghee, add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon stick, curry leaves, ginger, green chillies, cumin seeds, dry red chilli, asafoetida, shahi jeera.

Once these begin tgo sizzle add in the lapsi.

Fry the lapsi in the ghee for 2 mins till a nice aroma comes out.

After 2 minutes, add the soaked and drained moong dal and fry for 1-2 mins.

Add the veggies- carrots, beans and saute again for 3-4 mins and add salt according to your taste.

Once it is done, add the turmeric powder and garam masala powder.

Now add 2-3 cups of water for a slightly runny khichdi or 2 cups of water for a grainy khichdi. Pressure cook it till the cooker releases 2-3 whistles. Let the pressure come down on its own.

Now add the black pepper and stir. Adjust salt and spices according to your taste and mix it properly.

Serve Fada Ni Khichdi along with Coriander Tadka Raita Recipe, Gujarati Gor Keri Recipe - Sweet And Spicy Raw Mango Pickle, and papad by the side.