West Indian
Khichu (Gujarati Rice Flour Porridge)
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.
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
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.
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.
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The sharp little thing
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.
| 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
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Grains
- How this was set
- Hand audited
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.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on rice flour and sesame oil.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from West India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.