Recipe : Instant Vegetable Dal Khichdi for Kids

Most of the kids are fussy eaters when it comes to vegetables. After a point even making them have soup becomes difficult. So here is a quick and easy recipe to make your kids eat vegetables happily.

Preparation Time : 10 Minutes
Cooking time : 30 minutes ( 20 minutes for the cooking in pressure cooker)

Ingredients
- Spilt Moong Dal - 1 cup
- Rice (Regular/ Basmati) - 1 Cup
- Carrot
- Tomato
- Onion
- Capsicum
- Peas
- French Beans
*All vegetables should make one cup in qty
- Ghee - 1 table spoon
- Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
- Ginger Garlic Paste
- Turmeric - 1/2 tea spoon
- Hing 1/4 tea spoon
- Kashmiri Mirchi (Non spicy) - 1/4 tea spoon
- Salt as per taste.


Method
- Finely chop all the vegetables.
- Wash and drain rice and split moon dal.
- Now heat a Kadai and add ghee to it. Once ghee is heated add cumin seeds.
- Once the seeds turn brown add Ginger Garlic Paste and let it cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add all the chopped vegetables and give a good stir. Now add hing, turmeric, red chilli powder and salt.
- Stir it and let it cook for 2-3 minutes. Now add the drained rice and dal and again let it cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Transfer it to a pressure cooker friendly vessel. Add water as per the consistency required. We have added around 3 cups of water. Cook for 3 whistle on medium flame.
- Let the cooker self depressurize.
- Garnish with coriander and ghee. Serve it warm.
Notes :
* You can use any vegetables or any other dal which is loved by your kids.
* To make this for adults, add 1/2 table spoon garam masala and Dried Red Chilles.
* To make it quick, use chopper to chop vegetables.




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