Khichda a one pot protein packed meal . it is a variation of the dish Haleem, popular with Muslims of the Indian subcontinent. Khichda is made up meat of any kind mutton ,beef,or chicken along with lentils, rice and spices, slowly cooked to a thickpaste. In mangalore we cook the rice with coconut milk which gives a unique flavour to the dish It is the meat based variant of rice dish from the Indian subcontinent called Khichdi..
Ingredients
- Ingredients for mutton gravy.
- 4 tbsp oil. , mutton 1/2 kg
- 2 medium onions sliced
- 2 tomatoes chopped , lemon juice 1 tbsp.
- 1 star anise 1/2 , 1 tbsp of kasuri meethi
- Ingredients For ground masala
- 8 to 10 green chillies depends upon spice level
- 1 small onion
- 1/2tsp haldi
- Ginger 2 inch
- Garlic 6 cloves
- Coriander seeds 1 tbsp
- 1tsp zeera
- 1 tsp saunf
- 3 cloves
- 1 stick cinnamon
- Green Cardamom 2
- Peppercorns 1tsp
- 1/2cup mint leaves
- 1/4 of 1 bunch of coriander leaves with stems
- Other Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1/4 cup masoor daal
- 1/4 cup toor daal soaked
- 1/4 cup chana daal soaked
- 1/4cup moong daal soaked
- 1/4cup black eye beans soaked
- 4 cup coconut grated
- Salt to taste
Directions
- 1Step 1.Soak all the daals overnight. You can mix and soak it together. Pressure cook the daals with 1/2tsp haldi and salt till done set aside.
Step 2.Mix all the ingredients of the ground masala and grind it to a paste with little water. Keep aside . In a deep saucepan or a pressure cooker put the oil 4tbsp and fry the sliced onions with star anise till light golden put kasuri methi and fry for another minute add ground masala and fry for 5 mts add the meat and salt fry well add water and cover and cooked till meat is done . Add lemon juice . I cooked mine in a saucepan for about an hour. You can cook it as per your convenience in a pressure cooker too. - 2Step 3. Grind coconut with 2cups water and extract its milk . This milk is called thick milk. Set aside . Put back the squeezed coconut husk again in the blender and add 2 more cups of water grind it and extract milk again . This milk is thin milk . Again repeat this process for the final time and extract milk . Set aside .
- 3Soak rice for half an hour . In a large vessel which can hold the rice the daal and the gravy all together put the thin coconut milk which will be around 3 to 4 cups heat it .dont boil very much as it will curdle add rice and cover and cook it . Once rice is cooked add the daal and the mutton gravy . Mix well and let it cook check the salt. If you want to add lemon juice you can add now if you need . Keep stirring as it might stick into the bottom of the pan. If you feel its watery thicken it by not covering it and cooking and stirring more. Pls note this will thicken once cooled. You can add chopped coriander and mint leaves and garnish with crisp fried onions and ginger julienne. Serve hot with onion tomato salad.
