{"id":11751,"date":"2023-01-11T16:28:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T10:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/?p=11751"},"modified":"2023-01-11T16:28:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T10:58:40","slug":"rajasthani-bajra-khichdi-pearl-millet-porridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/11\/rajasthani-bajra-khichdi-pearl-millet-porridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajasthani Bajra Khichdi (Pearl Millet Porridge)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This Desi Ghee Laden Rajasthani Winter Comfort Food Bajra Khichdi (Bajre Ki Khichdi) (Pearl Millet Porridge) ,is not only Delicious, Soul-warming but Nutritious too. This Lip-smacking Khichdi is prepared with Bajra (Pearl Millet), Yellow Moong Dal , is tempered with Desi Ghee, Asafoetida, Cumin Seeds, Grated Ginger ,Green Chillies and Turmeric and served piping hot, topped with a generous dose of Desi Ghee.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soaking Time of Bajra: 8 hours \/ Overnight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparation Time: 5 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooking Time: 15 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serves-4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients and Quantity:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bajra (Pearl Millet) washed thoroughly, soaked overnight in water and drained-1\/2 cup<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Split Green Gram, skinless ( Yellow Moong Dal), washed & drained- 1\/2 cup<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desi Ghee-1 tbsp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asafoetida-1\/4th tsp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cumin seeds-1 tsp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turmeric Powder-1\/2 tsp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ginger, grated- 2 tsp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green Chillies, finely Chopped-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salt- to taste<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water- 4 cups<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the topping:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desi ghee-1 tbsp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the help of a mixer grinder, coarsely grind the completely drained bajra… pulse gently for 4 to 5 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wash the ground bajra and discard the husk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a pressure cooker, heat desi ghee, add asafoetida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add cumin seeds, let them crackle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now add the grated ginger, saut\u00e9 and mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add the green chillies saut\u00e9 for few seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now add turmeric powder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now add the coarsely ground bajra and yellow moong dal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saut\u00e9 and stir well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Close the pressure cooker with its lid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cook on a medium flame … 1 whistle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 1 whistle cook the khichdi for another 2 to 3 minutes on a low flame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Switch off the flame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let the pressure in the cooker release naturally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open the lid and mix the khichdi well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serve piping hot ,topped with a generous dose of desi ghee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chef Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. You may pulse the bajra gently for 3 to 4 times , i.e. coarsely grinding it , without soaking, wash and discard the husk and then soak it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. You may add washed, soaked for 1 hour and then drained rice too ,along with bajra & moong dal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. You may wash and soak yellow moong dal for 1 hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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This Desi Ghee Laden Rajasthani Winter Comfort Food Bajra Khichdi (Bajre Ki Khichdi) (Pearl Millet Porridge) ,is not only Delicious,<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,156,157,226,103],"tags":[444,328,448,364,450,446,445,447,449],"class_list":["post-11751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comfort-food","category-indian","category-indian-cuisine","category-rajasthani-cuisine","category-vegetarian","tag-bajrakhichdi","tag-indiancuisine","tag-millets","tag-nutritious","tag-pearlmillet","tag-pearlmilletporridge","tag-rajasthanibajrakhichdi","tag-wintercomfortfood","tag-winterfood"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9arbY-33x","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11753,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11751\/revisions\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chefreetuudaykugaji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}