Saturday, April 17, 2010

Quinoa & Dal Khichdi

Usually i used to prepare whenever i feel like having khichdi with rice and dal, coz this dish is one of my comforting foods and also its a one pot meal to prepare quickly and quite really easy to prepare, this time i prepared my comforting food as healthy version, instead of using rice i used quinoa to make out this dal khichdi, needless to say this khichdi with quinoa and  dals tastes awesome and really filling.

Nutritious,healthy and comforting food can enjoy without any guilt and we enjoyed this quinoa and dal khichdi with mango pickles,both together works out wonder, u can also have them simply without any side dishes too.


1cup Quinoa
1/4cup Toor dal
1/4cup Masoor dal
1/4tsp Turmeric powder
1no Onion (chopped)
7nosCurry leaves
1/2tsp Cumin seeds
2nos Bay leaves
2nos Dry red chillies
5nos Garlic cloves(crushed)
1tsp Ginger (chopped finely)
Salt
Oil+ghee

Combine the quinoa, toordal and masoor dal,finely chopped ginger, salt in a vessel, add 4cups of water and pressure cook them for 5hisses (i love my dal khichidi bit mushy, if u dont want so, u can reduce the cooking time).

Heat the enough oil with ghee or simply oil and crack the cumin seeds,dry red chillies, bay leaves,curryleaves and saute the chopped onions and crushed garlic cloves until the onions turns transculent.

Once the pressure get released take the cooked quinoa-dal mixture and add this mixture to the cooking veggies, stir for few minutes and put off the stove..

Serve hot!!!

38 comments:

fimere said... Reply To This Comment

une recette bien délicieuse parfumée au curry, j'adore
bonne journée

notyet100 said... Reply To This Comment

looks yum ,..nice combo,

Prema said... Reply To This Comment

lovely dhal kitchadi and combination of 2 dhal really fabulous...

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

Wow! This is so healthy and lovely! It's the khichdi of masti dal!

Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

healthy recipe...different recipe

Harini said... Reply To This Comment

very tempting indeed!

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Priya,

quinoa dal kichadi looks really good. very nice

Cool Lassi(e) said... Reply To This Comment

The quinoa kichidi looks awesome. Why, I never made kichidi with this grain. Definitely would give this a try!

Sushma Mallya said... Reply To This Comment

Different & nice, simple..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

woow!!healthy and yummy recipe....

GEETHA ACHAL said... Reply To This Comment

மிகவும் அருமையாக இருக்கின்றது..கண்டிப்பாக செய்து பார்த்துவிட்டு சொல்கிறேன்..நன்றி

Hamaree Rasoi said... Reply To This Comment

Very Healthy preparation. Thanks for posting.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Miriam Korula said... Reply To This Comment

Hi Priya...i have been wanting to try a Khichdi....my roommate used to make this for me when we stayed together n' ever since we moved out of our place some 5yrs back i haven't had it...i will definitely bookmark this recipe n' try it soon....this is really comfort food for me..:)

Life is beautiful !!! said... Reply To This Comment

What is quinova? I will google it frist :) Looks delicious and a very different preparation :)

priya said... Reply To This Comment

yummy and tempting, dear

Shabitha Karthikeyan said... Reply To This Comment

Hey Priya you rock with your dishes..Kichadi Looks great !!!!

Kiran said... Reply To This Comment

Very healthy Kichadi.This is a favorite of my family.

Madhuri Krishna Bhat said... Reply To This Comment

Awesome Priya. Looks delicious and healthy too

Siddhi Shirsat said... Reply To This Comment

wow nice healthy kichdi priya...nice version

Taste of Beirut said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious and I really must try quinoa finally!

Sowjanya@Ruchikacooks said... Reply To This Comment

khichdi without rice too! and quinoa is a nice combo with dal, very healthy

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

yumm..always a favourite..

Angie's Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

Love quinoa...but never had them this way...looks very comforting and delicious.

SathyaSridhar said... Reply To This Comment

Priya,,,nice recipe dear sounds great very healthy kichadi for all ages paa...

Ms.Chitchat said... Reply To This Comment

Nice khichadi, interesting preparation with quinoa.

Nammi said... Reply To This Comment

Have never tried quinoa, looks delish

Meena said... Reply To This Comment

ooh good khichdi idea...all done in one pot like you said.

Aruna Manikandan said... Reply To This Comment

Nice healthy combo dear :-)

Suhaina said... Reply To This Comment

This is new to me. Looks very yummy.

Suma Rowjee said... Reply To This Comment

Quinoa is new to me, khichdi looks yumm..

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

This looks yummy! Im def gonna try procuring Quinoa the next I pay a visit to the supermarket. You and DK are always making something from it and now I wanna try it too!!

Subhie Arun said... Reply To This Comment

this look really yummy..neva tried this combo.quinoa wth lentis...this sounds healthy too..thx yar ....

tigerfish said... Reply To This Comment

I have used quinoa to cook congee :D

Veggie Hut said... Reply To This Comment

very innovative and tempting dear..

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

Different & very innovative recipe with quinoa..

Priya Srinivasan - I Camp in My Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Never tried quinoa priya, both ur recipes using quinoa looks great, sure will give it a try!

Madhu said... Reply To This Comment

I love all your quinoa recipes. Today I tried out Quinoa bisi bele bhath and it turned out so tasty.

Anusha said... Reply To This Comment

Hi,

I made this using masoor daal and moong daal... delicious and healthy !!! Thank you

Anusha