Chicken Khichdi/ murgir khichuri

Every time I try to have something new for dinner. This is mostly because I love to have new varieties with food. I want the same thing to repeat with R, so that she picks up the taste. So, this time when I came across this recipe of Khichudi or Khichdi with chicken on facebook in a cooking group, I instantly decided to make it for dinner. The ingredients were available with me and the dish sounded tasty yet simple, typically of my type. The original recipe is not mine and I made some changes to the original recipe. 

Here’s my recipe.

Chicken Khichuri (4-5 persons) 

Ingredients

150gms boneless chicken cut into biting pieces

¼   cup moong dal

¼ cup masoor dal

½  cup  basmati rice

2 medium potatoes cut into cubes

1 large onion diced into cubes

1 small onion finely cut

1 medium tomato cut into slices

1-2 green chilies

1 tsp ginger and garlic paste each

1 ½  tsp turmeric, coriander, cumin, red chilli powder each

Salt to taste

Punch of hing powder

1 tsp fenugreek, mustard, cumin seeds each

1 bay leaf

1 whole dried red chily

½  tsp white pepper (whole)

1 Tsp ghee

2 Tsp mustard oil

Preparation

Wash the chicken pieces thoroughly and mix with 1 tsp of garlic, ginger, red chilli powder and turmeric powder. Add a pinch of salt and keep inside the refrigerator for half hour

Cooking   

                                                                                                                           

In a non stick pan roast the moong dal until a good aroma comes out but doesn't burn.

Let it cool and after it's cooled down, wash thoroughly and keep it aside. Wash the rice and the masoor dal thoroughly and keep it aside.

In a deep bottomed pan, heat 2 Tsp oil and a little ghee. Add the potatoes with pinch of salt and turmeric. Fry till it is golden in color and keep aside.

Fried Potaoes

Now in the same oil, put the hing, fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, dry red chily and bay leaf and let the seeds splutter for a while.

Put the finely chopped onions and fry till brown in colour. Put the chopped tomatoes and mix very well and put chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and turmeric powder and then put the chicken pieces and mix and keep frying until oil comes out and onions and tomatoes are well mixed with the chicken.

Now add the dal and the rice and keep frying for 2 mins.

At this time add the cubed onion pieces, the golden fried potatoes and add 3 cups of water. Cover the pan and reduce the heat to low.

After 10 minutes check whether the ingredients are cooked or not.

If it is cooked then switch off the gas and keep it covered.

If you think more water is needed to cook the rice and the dals, then add some more water and cover and cook for some more time.

The consistency of the dish is neither too runny nor too dry.

Chicken Khichudi

Once cooked, serve hot with omelette or papad. You can simply have the Khichdi as well.