Northeast Indian

Galho (One Pot Rice, Greens and Chicken Porridge)

Name: Galho (One Pot Rice, Greens and Chicken Porridge)
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Northeast Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup rice; 1/4 cup split yellow moong dal; 1 lb chicken, bone-in pieces; 3 cup mustard greens, chopped; 1 tbsp ginger, sliced; 3 garlic cloves; 2 green chili; 5 cup water; 1 tsp salt

Bandana Gogoi @bandana_ghy

Galho (One Pot Rice, Greens and Chicken Porridge) is Northeast Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the carb everything else is eaten with. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

40 min Medium Gluten free Dairy free Halal

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1 cup rice
1/4 cup split yellow moong dal
1 lb chicken, bone-in pieces
3 cup mustard greens, chopped
1 tbsp ginger, sliced
3 garlic cloves
2 green chili
5 cup water
1 tsp salt

How to cook it

Rinse the rice and moong dal together and set aside.
Put the chicken pieces in a heavy pot with the ginger, garlic, and water, and bring to a boil.
Skim off any froth, then cover and simmer until the chicken is nearly tender, about 15 minutes.
Stir in the rinsed rice and dal and cook uncovered over low heat, stirring occasionally so it doesn't stick, until the grains break down into a thick, soft porridge, about 20 minutes.
Add the chopped greens and slit green chilies for the last 5 minutes and season with salt.
Serve hot straight from the pot; this one pot rice porridge is genuinely quick, everyday food in Naga and Arunachali homes alike, not a special occasion dish.

Watch how to cook Galho (One Pot Rice, Greens and Chicken Porridge)

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Serve it with

A Northeast Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Galho (One Pot Rice, Greens and Chicken Porridge), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Akhuni Yam (Fermented Soybean with Yam and Mustard Greens)
  
  25 min
The protein alongside
- Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
  
  45 min

A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Galho (One Pot Rice, Greens and Chicken Porridge) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Galho (One Pot Rice, Greens and Chicken Porridge)
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 340 kcal
Protein: 26 g
Carbs: 44 g
Fat: 7 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 580 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Galho (One Pot Rice, Greens and Chicken Porridge) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.