Totally fat free, loaded with proteins and goodness of vegetables, this is a treat both to the senses as well as to the stomach. Just have it with plain curd / roasted papad, and you are good to go for hours ! I tweaked the recipe by adding some mixed vegetable sambhar from the previous night, and this is a super healthy way to clean your refrigerator with useable food as well as a quick meal to put together when you are pressed for time, not to mention a One Pot meal loaded with goodness.
Sending this to Day 7of Blogging Marathon - check out my friends here.. Its been 14 days of non-stop blogging for me now, and its addictive :-) For those of you who are curious / interested on what I dished out the last 14 days on this Blogging Marathon # 7, here it goes:
Recipes under "Cooking from Cook book" theme:
Spicy Corn Chaat
Til ka Ladoo ~ Sesame Jaggery Roundels
Paneer Potato Curry ~ Cottage cheese and Potato curry
Mysore Rasam
Eggless Butterless Chocolate Cake with Oats
Kariveppalai Thogayal ~ Tangy Curry leaf Chutney
Recipes under "Combo Meals" theme:
Baked Tacos with Minty Tomato Salsa Dip
Baked Stuffed Bellpepper ~ Bharwa Shimla Mirch
Raisin n Paneer Pulav
Masala Dosa with Spicy Tomato chutney
Garlic Fried rice with Paneer Manchurian
Sprouts Rava Idli with Ginger-Carrot Chutney
Low Fat Carrot-Feta Grill Sandwich with Mango-Pepper Salad
Let's get to today's recipe now - Zero Oil Dal Khichdi.
Prep time : 10 mins. Cooking time : 20 mins. Serves : 2
Ingredients:
- Raw Rice - 1 cup
- Mixed vegetable Sambhar - 3 cups (or use 1/2 cup of toor Dal or Masoor Dal)
- A handful of raw peanuts - optional, but it gives a lovely crunch
- Onions (large) - 2 nos
- Shelled Sambhar Onions - 8 to 10
- Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
- Sambhar powder - 1/2 TBSP
- Coriander pwd - 1 TBSP
- Jeera pwd - 1/2 TBSP
- Salt - to taste (adjust accordingly if you are using sambhar directly)
- Large cubes of veggies - Potato, Carrots , French beans, Radish , Cabbage, Brinjals, Bell peppers - 1 1/2 cup (in addition to the veggies from the sambhar)
- Tomatoes - 1 large - cubed
- Tempering : Mustard seeds, Curry leaves, Oil - 1/4 tsp (opt)
1) In a pressure cooker / pressure pan, add the rice, toor dal (or sambhar), onions, 3 cups of water, raw peanuts, chopped n cubed veggies + tomato and bring it to a boil.
2) Now add the salt, cumin and dhania powder, red chilli powder, Sambhar Powder and mix well.
3) Pressure cook for 3 - 4 whistles. Cool and transfer to a serving bowl.
4) In a pan, splutter mustard seeds and curry leaves without any oil. Add to the khichdi. Serve hot with roasted papad and / or curd. Yummy One Pot meal !
Very filling and tasty one pot meal....Perfect with roasted papad.
ReplyDeleteInteresting no oil...one pot meal.
ReplyDeleteI love khichadi..Even i posted kadhi khichadi for day 5 :)
ReplyDeleteWill try this zero oil version..
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Rujuta
http://theworldaccordingtorujuta.blogspot.com/
A great comforting meal. I was wondering by the title that you may have cooked a greasy dish with no oil. :)
ReplyDeletewow delicious and simple one pot meal.
ReplyDeleteKhichdi looks healthy & delicious.
ReplyDeleteSuper healthy Kichidi!
ReplyDeleteAwsome Collection.. Loved em all.
ReplyDeleteFollowing u now :)
Nupur
http://uk-rasoi.blogspot.com
That's a delicious looking Kichidi!..
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