Pakistani
Khichri (Rice and Moong Daal)
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Khichri (Rice and Moong Daal) is Pakistani home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. 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
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the rice and moong dal together until the water runs clear.
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Put them in a pot with the water, turmeric, salt and black pepper and bring to a boil.
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Lower the heat and simmer 22 minutes, stirring now and then, until the grains have gone soft and the whole thing is thick and porridge-like. Add hot water if it tightens too far.
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Heat the ghee in a small pan, sizzle the cumin seeds, then fry the sliced garlic and onion until pale gold, about 4 minutes.
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Pour the tarka over the khichri and stir it through.
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This is what a Pakistani household cooks when somebody is unwell or a small child will not eat anything else, so keep it soft and gentle rather than spiced.
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Serve it with
A Pakistani dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Khichri (Rice and Moong Daal), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
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. Khichri (Rice and Moong Daal) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Aloo Anday (Potato and Egg Bhujia) |
| 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
- 390 kcal
- Protein
- 12 g
- Carbs
- 61 g
- Fat
- 11 g
- Fiber
- 6 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 580 mg
- Saturated fat
- 7 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Khichri (Rice and Moong Daal) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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