Dal Khichdi Recipe
Restaurant Style Dal Khichdi is a comforting, one-pot dish where rice and lentils are slow-cooked to a creamy consistency with tempered spices, ghee, and aromatic vegetables. Unlike the simple home style version, this khichdi is enriched with caramelized onions, tomatoes, ginger garlic paste, and a blend of whole spices like bay leaves, cumin, and cloves, giving it a deep, flavorful profile. Served with a dollop of ghee, tangy pickles, and crispy papad, it strikes the perfect balance between simplicity and indulgence. This wholesome yet luxurious dish is ideal for a cozy meal, offering the warmth of home-cooked food with the elevated taste of a restaurant experience
Cooked Dal Ingredients
1/2 Cup split pigeon peas
2 Tablespoon red lentil
2 Tablespoon bengal gram
1 Tablespoon ghee
1 Tablespoon cumin seeds
1 Inch ginger
1 NOS green chili slit
Step:1
Wash and soak all the dals for atleast half an hour . Now take pressure cooker , add ghee and heat it well , further add cumin seeds , ginger and green chili , stir once and add all the soaked dals
Step:2
Further add turmeric powder , salt and water , fill water up to 1 inch above the dal surface , stir once abd pressure cook for 3-4 whistle on medium heat . Let the cooker depressurize naturally to open the lid
Step:3
Once depressurized , open the lid to check for the doneness of the dal . keep the dal aside to be used later
Cooked Rice Ingredients
3/4th cup basmati rice
Salt to taste
Step:1
Wash the rice well and soak it for at least 15-20 minutes , by the time set water for boiling the rice make sure to add salt in the water . Once the water has boiled and the rice has soaked well , add the soaked rice in roaring boil water and boil the rice for at least 6-7 minutes once boiled strain them and keep them aside
Dal Khichdi Ingredients 1st Tadka
1 Tablespoon ghee
1 Medium size chopped onion
1 Tablespoon chopped garlic
1 Tablespoon chopped ginger
1-2 NOS green chili chopped
2-3 NOS whole red chili
Salt to taste
1/4 Tablespoon turmeric powder
1/2 Tablespoon Kashmiri red chili powder
1 Tablespoon coriander powder
1/2 Tablespoon garam masala powder
cooked dal
cooked rice
As needed hot water
1/2 tablespoon dry mango powder
A pinch kasuri methi
1/2 Tablespoon lemon juice
Small handful fresh coriander chopped
2nd Tadka
1 Tablespoon ghee
1-2 no whole red chili
1/2 Tablespoon Asafoetida
1/2 Tablespoon Kashmiri red chili powder
1 Tablespoon birista
Step:1
For the first tadka , set a pan on medium heast , add ghee and heat it well , further add cumin seeds and let it crackle . further add onions , garlic , ginger and green chili , stir and cook until the onions turn translucent and the garlic is also cooked
Step:2
Now add , whole red chili , tomatoes and salt , stir and cook until the tomatoes turn mushy . Further lower the flame and add powdered spices and mix well , add little hot water to avoid the burning of the spices
Step:3
To make it taste like restaurant , you can do a small step , just increase your flame to high and tilt the pan a little bit , doing this pan would catch fire and the khichdi will get the smoky flavour , now add the cooked dal and rice , stir and cook for 2-3 minutes
Step:4
After cooking the dal and rice with the tadka if you feel the khichdi is little thick , you can add little hot water to adjust the consistency . Now add the mango powder , kasuri methi , lemon juice and freshly chopped coriander greens . Stir and cook for a minutes . Your restaurant style dal khichdi is ready
Step:5
To elevate its flavour , serve it by pouring a fresh tadka , for fresh 2nd tadka , heat a pan , add ghee and let it heat , further add whole red chili , stir briefly and switch off the flame , add hing , red chili powder and brista , pour this immediately over the hot dal khichdi
Your restaurant style dal khichdi is ready , serve hot with some papad and some salads
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