Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, bajra(pearl millet) khichdi. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Bajra(pearl millet) khichdi is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Bajra(pearl millet) khichdi is something that I have loved my entire life.
Bajra (Pearl Millet) Khichdi makes a perfect healthy one pot meal. Pearl Millet (Bajra) has high protein content. Freekeh is the latest in super-foods. Pearl Millet (Bajra) is among the grains with highest protein content.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have bajra(pearl millet) khichdi using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Bajra(pearl millet) khichdi:
- Prepare 1 cup bajra(pearl millet)
- Take 1/2 cup rice
- Take 1/2 cup moong dal
- Prepare 5 tbsp ghee
- Get 1 tsp cumin seeds(jeera)
- Get 1 tsp turmeric (haldi) powder
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Take 10-12 cups water
Bajra is known as pearl millet, black millet and green millet. Bajra khichdi is an easy rice recipe. In Indian languages, pearl millet is bajra (Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Bengali), bajri (Rajasthani, Gujarati and Marathi), sajje. Pearl millet (bajra) khichdi recipe prepared with moong dal and vegetables is almost like a risotto in texture.
Steps to make Bajra(pearl millet) khichdi:
- Wash bajra(pearl millet) 2-3times and leave it wet for 6-7hrs.
- Grind it coarsely. Wash the dal and rice properly and soak them for 1hr.
- Heat ghee in a heavy bottom wok, add cumin seeds. Let them crackle. Once done, add turmeric powder and salt. Add water to it and give it a nice boil. Once the water starts boiling, add rice and moong dal. Cook for 5-10mins and then add grounded bajra(pearl millet) to it…
- Cook till bajra and dal rice are soft and mushy. It takes around half hour to cook. Add more water if required.
- Serve hot with a dollop of ghee and hot milk.
In Indian languages, pearl millet is bajra (Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Bengali), bajri (Rajasthani, Gujarati and Marathi), sajje. Pearl millet (bajra) khichdi recipe prepared with moong dal and vegetables is almost like a risotto in texture. You cannot overcook pearl millet as it retains its texture very well, despite cooking for a long time. Do not mistake the chewy texture for uncooked/improperly cooked millet. You can use any other millet like kodo millet (varagu), barnyard millet or little millet (sama).
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