Gujarati Kichadi With Kadhi

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Gujarati cuisine is termed as "the haute cuisine of vegetarianism". I love gujarati cuisine but never prepared at home so I wanted to start with a very simple n delicious combo. I choose gujarathi kichadi and kadhi.

Gujarati kichadi is rice & lentil cooked in a porridge style and kadhi is a yogurt based soup that goes well with it ..It had a soothing unique flavor n also a complete meal by itself.

Gujarati Kichadi

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rice
• 1 cup mung dal
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp chopped ginger
• pinch of hing
• 1 inch cinnamon stick
• 1/2 tsp whole black pepper
• 2 green chilli
• 2 tbsp clarified butter
• 6 cups water
• salt to taste

Cooking Procedure:

Soak rice n dal together for 15 min. Boil the six cups water in a deep bottom pan.

Heat ghee in a pan, add cumin seeds,cinnamon stick n black pepper fry for a min then add hing, chopped green chilli, ginger fry for 30 sec. Add soaked rice n dal stir for 1 min.

Now shift all the above mixture to the boiling water,add salt n turmeric powder n cook on a medium flame, stir occasionally till the rice is cooked.

Gujarati Kadhi

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Ingredients

• 2 cups plain yogurt
• 3 cups water
• 3 tbsp chickpea flour
• 1 tsp chopped ginger
• 2 chopped green chilli
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder

For tempering

• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 dry red chilli
• 2 tbsp coriander/cilantro leaves
• 1 spring curry leaves
• 1 tsp oil
• salt to taste

Cooking Procedure:

Take a deep bottom pan n mix all the ingredients except tempering to a smooth paste n heat on medium flame till it boils.

Prepare the tempering with 1 tsp oil in a frying pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and fry till it splutter.Then add red chilli,curry leaf n fry for 30 sec. Add this tempering to the above mixture n let it cook on medium flame for ten min.Add salt to taste n chopped cilantro.

Serve hot with kichadi.

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Tags: Gujarati Cuisine, Gujarati kichadi, gujarati kadhi