ADA HENGU KHICHDI

Ingredients: 

• 3-4 tsp Ghee / Clarified Butter
• 2 Bay Leaves / Tej Patta
• 8 -10 Black Peppercorns /
• ½ tsp Cumin Seeds
• 2 Inch Chopped or Crushed Fresh Ginger
• 2 -3 Slited Green Chillies
• 2 cup Rice
• 1 cup Green Moong Dal (Splited Moong Dal can be used)
• ½  Grated Fresh Coconut
• 1 tsp Sugar (To taste)
• Salt To Taste
• 1 tsp Hing/ Asafoetida
• 5 cups of Water (or as per requirement)

Method:

1. Clean and wash the rice and moong dal separately and soak for 1 hour. After soaking rice and dal, drain the excess water and keep aside.
2. Heat 2-3 tsp ghee in a pan.
3. Next add bay leaves, peppercorns and cumin seed. Saute for a minute in low flame. Then add chopped ginger and slited green chillies. Sauté it for another one minute.
4. Furthermore add soaked rice and moong dal. Fry it for 5-7 minutes in low flames. Now add freshly grated coconut to it. Add 1 tsp of sugar or as per your taste. Also add salt to taste.
5. Now pour 5 cups of water, the water should be 2 times of the amount of rice n moong dal taken. Add ½ tsp of hing and mix it well.
6. Cover the lid and in low flame cook it for 10-12 min till its cooked properly.

   For tampering:

1. Heat 1 tsp ghee in a separate pan. Add 2 slited green chillies, some sliced ginger and fry it for 1 minute. Turn off the gas and add ½ tsp hing to it. Add the tampering on top of the khichdi and mix well.
2. Now Puri Jagannath Mahaprasad, Hing Ginger Khichdi is ready. Serve with some dalma, tomato khata and some Lemon Slices, Cucumber Slices and Green Chillies.