(Meat with lentils and whole wheat (gehoon) and Barley (Jau)

     Khichda

khichda

 I am very fond of  delicious, spicy  non vegetarian  dish   khichda , which is cooked with meat, whole grains like whole wheat (sabut gehoon), Whole Barley (sabut jau) and lentils. 
This chatpati dish is awesome in taste  and is healthy as well Jau (barley) is  consider to be the most nutritional  cereals, which has right quantity  of  all the vital  nutrients. It's fiber  helps in lowering the  cholesterol  level by eliminating the fatty acids  and   keeps our digestive  system in proper order. 

This dish is very digestable and  does not make  stomach heavy...  Its make you feel lighter even  if you  enjoy  a good quantity of khichda.

 Category- non vegetarian 
 People - 4-6
 Time - 1 hour  

 Ingredients- 

• Sabut jau(whole  barley) - peel off- 2 cup
• Sabut Gehoon (whole wheat ) - 1 cup 
• Baking Soda - 2 pinch                
• Chana daal (split  bangal gram) -1/2 cup 
• Urad daal (dhuli) split black gram (skinless) - 1/2 cup
• Masoor (dhuli)- 1/2 cup
• Moong ( dhuli) split green gram( skinless)- 1/2 cup 

(Soak   lentils and whole grains in water  for 7-8 hours)  or over night 

For Meat  Gravy 

• Meat- 1 k.g (mutton / beef 
• Cooking  oil - 4- 6 table  spoon 
• Turmeric powder- 3-tea spoon( full)
• Red chili powder-  1 tea spoon (full )
• Coriander  powder-3 tea spoon
• Onion paste - 6 table spoon
• Ginger paste - 1/2 tea spoon
• Garlic paste- 1/2 tea spoon
• Garam masala - 1/2 tea spoon 

For garnishing

• Coriander leaves( chopped)
• Green chili ( chopped)  
• Ginger  ( chopped)
• Lemon

Method- 

Put  Whole grains in  pressure cooker with sufficient water( 3 cup approx), baking soda( 2 pinch), and 1/2 tea spoon salt . Bring it  to 5-6 whistle on the low flame then turn off the heat. Let the pressure cooker cool and  lid open it self. When the lid open, crush the whole grain well, add some water and pour out  crushed whole grains in other  big vessel.

If it is  not turn soft  enough, add sufficient water ( 2 cup)  and again bring it to 3-4  more whistle on the low flame .Cook water soaked lentils with some  salt (1/4 tea spoon)  in another pressure cooker and bring it to 3 whistle on the low flame. When the lid open, mix well cooked lentils   with crushed  soft whole grains , and keep it aside. 

Now  make  preparation to cook meat  which you have to mix with whole grains and lentils. 



How to Cook Meat Gravy

Heat  cooking oil in the pressure cooker, fry few slices of onion, add well washed meat pieces and  cook it  till its water dries up then add ginger -garlic, onion paste, stir a little  and mix  other  ingredients like turmeric, coriander , red  chili powder and salt,  add 2 cup of water  and mix it well altogether, close the lid of pressure cooker , and bring it  to 4-5 whistle  on the low  flame, turn off the heat. When  the  lid open ,check   pieces with your finger , if it has turn soft , parch it well, please make sure, that  gravy should not burn  on the bottom other wise the smell of  burn gravy will spoil the taste of whole dish ... so keep stiring. 

You can add some  more oil in meat gravy  if it is required. When the oil starts coming on the  edges of the  pressure cooker. turn off the heat. Now mix this meat gravy with cooked lentils and  whole grains ,  add 1/2 tea spoon garam masala. to increase the taste of khichda .Add sufficient water to reduce its thickness then adjust the salt. Put the vessel of khichda on the flame and bring it to boil. Spicy khichda is ready to serve.

khichda

Garnish it with  chopped coriander leaves , green chili and ginger and garam masala . Serve it pipping hot with lemon. It's ever lasting  great taste you would  not forget!!! 

 Happy Cooking!!!
    Arshia Zaidi