Baby Prawn And Vegetable Masala Khichdi.. Pressure Cooker Version.

Baby Prawn And Vegetable Masala Khichdi.. I cook this masala khichdi when ever I feel low and to enlighten my mood this is food I would prefer. This particular dish has no recipe from any where, actually one day I wanted to make pulao but I end up adding all the ingredients what ever I got into my hands and that's how I innovated this masala khichdi and this is a dish which you put everything together in a pressure cooker and give 2 whistle and you have a delicious masala khichdi ready to eat... I have also tried many other ingredients but I always thought the first recipe was the best, so since then I'm stick to this recipe only and believe me it taste real good.

Ingredients.

1/4 cup of baby prawn (pre cooked)

1/2 cup mix vegetables

1/2 cup of rice

3 tbsp toor dal

1 small onion, 2 green chilli, 1 small tomato ( finely chopped)

1/2 tsp red chilli powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric

1/4 tsp coriander powder, 1/4 tsp garam masala

1 bay leave, 1 black cardamom, 2 cloves

1 cinnamon stick, 1 green cardamom, 1 star anise

1/4 tsp cumin seeds

Salt and Oil to taste

3 cups of water.

Cooking Method.

In a large mixing bowl add rice, prawns, dal and vegetables, wash them nicely and set aside.

In a pressure cooker, add oil, when oil is hot, add cumin seeds, bay leave, cinnamon, cardamom, star anise and cloves, when they splutter, add chopped onion and green chilli, fry to light brown,

Then add tomato, red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder and garam masala, fry for 1 minute, Add prawn, vegetables, dal, rice and salt. Give a good mix and add water, close the lid and cook for 2 whistle (1 in high flame and 1 in low flame) allow the pressure to go before opening the lid.

Serve hot with little ghee on top.

Plain Khichdi (In North Indian Style)

This is one of the simplest recipes of khichdi you can imagine. Great not just for sick people but also when you want to eat light after a heavy lunch. Adding ghee on top of khichri if you want to eat and it taste just superb. Khichdi is a easy to digest healthy Indian food..

Ingredient's

1cup rice, 25gram toordal

1 onion, 2 green chillies and 1 tomato, chopped finely

1tsp turmeric, 1/2tsp coriander powder

1/2tsp cumin seeds

Salt and Oil to taste

Cooking Method

In a pressure cooker add rice, dal, turmeric, salt and water. Boil for atleast 4 to 5 whistle in a medium flame. In deep frying pan add oil, cumin seeds, when turns brown, add onion and green chillies, fry to golden brown, then add tomato and coriander powder, fry till tomato soften. Now add the boiled rice and salt if needed mix it nicely. cook for 2 to 3 minutes... Serve hot with Ghee...