Name: Coconut khichdi recipe by Nilu Rastogi at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 1/2 katori tuar dal; 1/2 katori rice; 1/2 katori masoor dal; 2 chopped onion; 2 chopped tomato; Water to consistency; 1 cup shredded coconut; 4 to 5 black peppercorns; 10 dried red chillies; 1 inch cinnamon stick; 1 tblspn cumin seeds; 3 tblspn tamarind pulp; Salt acc to taste; 1 tspn haldi powder; 2 tblspn mustard seeds; 3 tblspn ghee; Few chopped curry leaves; 1/2 tspn hing

Ingredients Serving: 3

1/2 katori tuar dal
1/2 katori rice
1/2 katori masoor dal
2 chopped onion
2 chopped tomato
Water to consistency
1 cup shredded coconut
4 to 5 black peppercorns
10 dried red chillies
1 inch cinnamon stick
1 tblspn cumin seeds
3 tblspn tamarind pulp
Salt acc to taste
1 tspn haldi powder
2 tblspn mustard seeds
3 tblspn ghee
Few chopped curry leaves
1/2 tspn hing

Instructions

Take a pressure cooker and put tuar dal, masoor dal, chopped onion, chopped tomato, salt acc to taste and haldi powder.
Add 1 glass of water.
Now pressure cook it for 3 whistles.
In the meanwhile we should make masala paste.
So take a pan and start roasting pepper corns, cinnamon stick, 8 dry red chillies, cumin seeds and over all in the end Shredded Coconut.
Stirr it continously for 1 to 2 mins.
Now off the flame.
When it cools down then put in the mixing jar to make a fine paste by adding little bit water and tamarind pulp.
The paste should be smooth and rich in red color or dark orange color.
Now take a big kadai by adding 1 tblspn ghee in it.
Now add masala paste and 1 or 2 cups of water.
Mix it and see the consistency of water.
Now add cooked rice dal in it.
Mix it well so that it is combined to each other properly.
If it is thick then add more water.
Now cover it with the lid for few mins.
Now again stirr and mix it.
Cover it with the lid and off the flame.
For tempering take a small pan by heating ghee in it.
Now add mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chilli and hing.
When it starts spluttering pour it on the Coconut Khichdi.
Serve it with chips, papad or yogurt.

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