Killer Kichadi
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
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First Part
- 1⁄4 cup split mung beans
- 1⁄2 cup rice
- 8 cups water
- 1 cup chopped carrot
- 3 stalks celery
- 1 cup chopped peeled parsnip
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
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Second Part
- 3 tablespoons ghee
- 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1⁄2 teaspoon roasted ground cumin
- 1⁄2 teaspoon roasted ground coriander
- 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 dried red chili pepper, torn
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
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Third Part
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 lemons or 1/2 lime, squeezed
- 3 -5 leaves fresh basil
directions
- Wash rice and mung beans, chop vegetables and ginger.
- combine first set of ingredients in stockpot and bring to boil, then reducing to simmer.
- Prepare second set of ingredients; heat ghee in pan.
- Add mustard seeds, wait for them to pop, then add onion and spices and fry till slightly browned.
- Add ingredients from pan to stockpot; let simmer for one hour.
- Add final set of ingredients and serve.
- Enjoy this healing kichadi!
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Reviews
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I made this for dinner tonight in honour of celebrating the 3 trophies I'd won y'day{One Gold, One Silver and One Bronze on www.allpoetry.com} and thoroughly enjoyed it. I did make a few adjustments to this recipe as follows: Instead of 8 cups of water, I used 4 3/4 cups. I did not have parsnips on hand, so I did not use that. Instead of 3 tbsps. of ghee, I used just 1 tbsp. of oil. I used 1 tbsp. of cumin seeds as a substitute for the roasted ground cumin. I used unroasted corriander powder instead of roasting it. Instead of the dried red chilli pepper, I used 1/2 tsp. of red chilli powder. I did not use the black pepper. Instead of 1/2 tsp. of salt, I used 1 tsp. I did not use lemon or lime juice in this. What I enjoyed most was the flavour of the basil leaves in this recipe. The taste does stand out. I served this with plain low-fat yoghurt and it was really nutritious and tasty. This is a keeper recipe and I will make this again for sure! Thank you for posting :)
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Bonnie bonbon
Virginia Beach, VA
I am updating my profile for the first time in years, so now that I'm married, I can no longer be Bonnie M! One of my main interests Ayurveda, which is the name for ancient Indian medical science. For me, a significant part of taking care of the whole person is eating the right foods -- foods that we love *and* that treat our bodies well. Now I have a three year old in tow, so even more reason to prepare healthy, delicious, and simple foods!