Zero Oil Dal Khichdi, and a fortnight of Blogging Marathon ...

Mention khichdi and in most it cases results in noses wrinkled up and giving the "am-i-sick-to-eat-khichdi ?" look .. It has happened to me soo many times, but once you eat a spoonful of this Zero Oil Dal Khichdi, it appears as if the tantrums were baseless. This morning got me browsing through Sanjeev Kapoor's No Oil Cooking, and there it was : a light but healthy Dal Khichdi.
 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)

Method:
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 !