West Indian

Khichu (Gujarati Rice Flour Porridge)

Name: Khichu (Gujarati Rice Flour Porridge)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: West Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup rice flour; 3 cups water; 1/2 tsp carom seeds (ajwain); 3/4 tsp salt; 2 tbsp sesame oil; 1/2 tsp red chili powder; 1 tbsp white sesame seeds

Nikhil Kelkar @nikhil_thali

Khichu (Gujarati Rice Flour Porridge) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Halal Gluten free Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1 cup rice flour
3 cups water
1/2 tsp carom seeds (ajwain)
3/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp red chili powder
1 tbsp white sesame seeds

How to cook it

Bring the water to a boil in a heavy pan with the carom seeds and salt.
Lower the heat and add the rice flour all at once, stirring briskly and constantly with a wooden spoon so no lumps form.
Keep stirring for 3 to 4 minutes until the mixture thickens into a soft, glossy mass that pulls away from the sides of the pan.
Cover and cook on the lowest heat for 5 minutes, then turn off the heat and let it rest, covered, for 5 more minutes to finish steaming through.
Spoon the khichu into bowls and drizzle with the sesame oil, red chili powder, and sesame seeds just before serving.

Watch how to cook Khichu (Gujarati Rice Flour Porridge)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Gujarati Khichu Recipe | Quick Breakfast Khichu | परफेक्ट खीचू बनाने का तरीका | Chef Sanjyot Keer Play the video

Serve it with

A West Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Khichu (Gujarati Rice Flour Porridge), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The sharp little thing
- Dhokla (Steamed Fermented Rice-Lentil Cake)
  
  40 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Khichu (Gujarati Rice Flour Porridge) carries sesame. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Khichu (Gujarati Rice Flour Porridge)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	Yes	Akoori (Parsi Spiced Scrambled Eggs)
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: 270 kcal
Protein: 4 g
Carbs: 41 g
Fat: 10 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 580 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

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

When to cook it

Khichu (Gujarati Rice Flour Porridge) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.