Spinach Khichdi Recipe for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids
Spinach Dal Khichdi - A quick, comforting meal made with rice, lentils, and spinach. Nutritious and iron food for kids.
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Ingredients
- Rice - ½ cup
- Toor Dal - ½ cup
- Spinach - 2 cups chopped
- Big Onion - 1 small sized
- Green chilli - ½ optional
- Ginger - ½ inch
- Garlic - 4 cloves
- Garam masala powder - ½ tsp optional
- Pepper powder - ¼ tsp
- Turmeric powder - a pinch
- Hing - a generous pinch
- Lemon juice- 1 Tsp
- Water - 4 cups
- Salt - as required
To temper
- Ghee - 2 tbsp
- Cumin seeds - ½ tsp
Instructions
Preparation
- Slice onions chopped ginger and garlic finely. Wash and roughly chop spinach into bite-size pieces. Slit green chilies. Set aside.
- Wash rice and toor dal together and soak it in warm water for 20 minutes.
Method
- In ½ teaspoon of ghee, fry the spinach and green chili together until it shrinks. Switch off the flame once done.
- Grind spinach and green chili together to a fine paste. Set aside.
- Heat a pressure cooker with ghee. Add cumin seeds. Let it crackle. Then add onions and chopped ginger and garlic. Saute them nicely until golden brown.
- Once onions become transparent, Add spinach puree, turmeric powder, pepper powder, garam masala powder(if using) and required salt. Give a quick stir.
- Then add soaked rice & toor dal mix well. Give a quick stir.
- Add required water and bring it to a boil. Then close the lid of pressure cooker and cook everything in a medium flame for three to four whistles. Once the pressure releases, open the cooker, add lemon juice and fluff the rice with a spoon slowly, top with ghee if required.
Nutrition
Serving: 2g