Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, bajra(pearl millet) khichdi. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Bajra(pearl millet) khichdi is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Bajra(pearl millet) khichdi is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Bajra (Pearl Millet) Khichdi makes a perfect, diabetic friendly and healthy one pot meal. Pearl Millet (Bajra) is among the grains with highest protein content. It is also high in fiber and contains many essential vitamins and minerals.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook bajra(pearl millet) khichdi using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Bajra(pearl millet) khichdi:
- Prepare 1 cup bajra(pearl millet)
- Make ready 1/2 cup rice
- Get 1/2 cup moong dal
- Prepare 5 tbsp ghee
- Prepare 1 tsp cumin seeds(jeera)
- Make ready 1 tsp turmeric (haldi) powder
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Take 10-12 cups water
Bajra is the hindi word for pearl millet. It is quick and easier to make in pressure cooker. You can serve this khichdi with yogurt or can. Welcome to Pearl millet - Bajra khichdi recipe page.
Instructions to make Bajra(pearl millet) khichdi:
- Wash bajra(pearl millet) 2-3times and leave it wet for 6-7hrs.
- Grind it coarsely. Wash the dal and rice properly and soak them for 1hr.
- Heat ghee in a heavy bottom wok, add cumin seeds. Let them crackle. Once done, add turmeric powder and salt. Add water to it and give it a nice boil. Once the water starts boiling, add rice and moong dal. Cook for 5-10mins and then add grounded bajra(pearl millet) to it…
- Cook till bajra and dal rice are soft and mushy. It takes around half hour to cook. Add more water if required.
- Serve hot with a dollop of ghee and hot milk.
Bajra is known as pearl millet, black millet and green millet. Bajra khichdi is an easy rice recipe. In Indian languages, pearl millet is bajra (Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Bengali), bajri (Rajasthani, Gujarati and Marathi), sajje. Bajra is one of the oldest millet used by our ancestors. Along with wheat flour even bajra was included in the regular diet.
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