How To Make A Simple Rice Dish - Khichdi

A simple rice dish with rice and lentils is normally called khichdi in Asia, because that is where it comes from. It is typed as khichdi but called khichri. It doesn't really have a name in english it is just known as rice and lentils.
Khichdi is a soft rice and lentil dish it can be eaten any time of the day and can be given to babies as it is soft to eat. It is easy to eat and make, it isn't heavy on the spices either. It is mainly known to be given if someone is ill to make them feel better, but you can eat it whenever you want because it is part of a healthy diet.

The ratio of the rice and lentils is totally up to you I used 60% rice and 40% lentils but you can have 50% of each, it's whatever your prefer. You can use Masoor daal which comes in the colour brown and orange or moong daal which is the green lentils and even chick pea lentils, alternatively, you can even use mixed lentils. 

But do bear in mind some lentils like the moong daal may need more water and may take more time to cook than other lentils. If you would like the dish to be more dryer with less water then add less water if you would like it more softer then add more water. 

This recipe is khichdi using red lentils. Makes for 4 people in about 25 to 30 minutes.

Ingredients

Rice 3/4 of a cup (150g)

Red split lentils (Masra daal) 1/2 cup (85g)

Butter 2 tablespoon

Half Onion

Salt 2 teaspoon or to taste

Green Chillies 2 or 3 (optional)

Method

I used a saucepan with a lid to make khichdi but can be made in a pressure cooker or a pan making sure it has a lid though because you will need to steam the rice and lentils.

First of all, wash the lentils and the rice separately and soak in warm water for about 10 minutes and make sure they are drained out of the water before your cook them. 

Next, add two fully heaped tablespoons of butter and add half an onion diced into the butter. Cook the onion until it is soft and translucent and lightly brown, we don't want the onion to be brown too much. 

Once the onion is soft add one cup of water (water added to butter will make it steam up so be careful) and add the lentils in. After that, add 2 teaspoons of salt and the green chillies with the stem cut off and let it steam for about 5 minutes.  

Pinch the lentils to see if they are about cooked if yes, then add 2 more cups of water and add the rice in. 

Then cook for about 15 minutes on low heat with the lid on. You can check after 10 minutes making sure it does not stick to the bottom if you feel there is less water you can add more in and let it steam until cooked, and let it steam until the rice is cooked with the lentils.

Finally, your khichdi should be ready to eat 😊

This is optional but to add more flavour you can add black pepper, grated ginger, bay leaves or cloves. If wanting to serve to babies then you can just use rice and lentils, salt will be optional. You can accompany the khichdi with salad and yoghurt as well.

I hope you enjoy your khichdi!

Easy Snack Chocolate Cornflakes

I am sharing with you a easy snack you can which is very tasty, but also very quick to make, you can make this within 10 minutes and enjoy it with the whole family.

Ingredients:

For the chocolate cornflakes snack you will need:

Cornflakes (preferably Kelloggs)
Chocolate (preferably dairy milk)
Cupcake cases
Mini eggs, sprinkles, smarties (for decoration)

DK's cakes and bakes

Method

First of all, you need to get a bowl and place the chocolate in the bowl to make about 8 chocolate cornflakes you will need 200g of chocolate (a big bar of dairy milk). You can either use a microwave to heat the chocolate microwaving for around 45 seconds or longer, or you can get a saucepan and boil water until boiled and place the bowl of chocolate above it to melt it.

After the chocolate is melted you want to start adding the cornflakes in I recommend you add a handful at a time and then mix and add again the amount of cornflakes you add is up to you if you want your chocolate cornflakes to be really chocolatey then you would add less.

After you happy with the mixture you can place them into cupcake cases, and then start decorating.
To decorate it is entirely up to you though they still do taste very tasty without decoration. I love adding mini eggs, but you could also add sprinkles chocolate chips it's totally your choice.

After that leave it in the fridge for about 2 to 3 hours, so the chocolate and cornflakes can go hard and hold together and after that it's all done.
This is a really crunchy chocolatey tasty snack and I recommend you try this easy snack because you will surely love it. ❤ .
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