Bengali Bhoger Khichdi
By: ravikumar
Published: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 11:59pm

Ingredients




1 and 1/2 cups of rice
2 cups moong dal (yellow lentils)
3 tbsps green peas
5-6 cauliflowers florets
2 potatoes cut into half
1 tbsp ghee
2-3 bay leaves
2 dry red chillies
1 tsp of jeera (cumin seeds)
1 tbsp mix of cloves, cinnamon and cardamom
2 green chillies
1 tsp finely chopped ginger
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp of haldi (turmeric powder)
1 tsp of salt and 1 tsp of sugar

Preparation

1 1. Begin by roasting the dal in a pan. 2 2. In a heavy bottom pan, add in ghee, ginger, cumin seeds, dry red chillies, bay leaves and mix well. 3 3. Add in crushed cardamom, cloves and cinnnamon along with some fresh green chillies. 4 4. Put in the vegetables and mix again. 5 5. Pour in some water and let it cook for a while. 6 6. Add in the roasted dalt, rice and green peas. 7 7. Put chilli powder, sugar, turmeric and mix well. 8 8. Pour in some more water and let it cook. 9 9. Garnish and serve hot.

About

Bengali Bhoger Khichdi is the very famous traditional dish made during Durga Puja. Bengali Khichdi recipe is simple and easy to make during a festival and even you can enjoy it on the special occasion and in-house party. Bengali Khichdi recipe has the very beautiful aroma and its very taste too because the Indian herbs and spices are used in it make very tasty and delicious.