Name: Millet khichdi
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min

Millet khichdi is a delicious breakfast dish. Usually khichdi is a mix of rice and dal. But not in my dictionary, I love my khichdi with lots of veggies & spices.

When I don’t have sufficient time to prepare my lunch, then khichdi is the best option for me to cook.

But I prefer this Millet Khichdi in my breakfast. This is heavy, healthy and good food to start my day.

However it takes less time but it has sufficient nutrition to make us healthy and fit. Khichdi is a one pot recipe, it means you can make it only using only the pressure cooker.

But personally, I prefer to use proper roasted veggies into my khichdi. So I have roasted the veggies by using a fry pan and cook the khichdi into a pressure cooker.

Each and every part of India have their own traditional style of khichdi. Mostly people make their khichdi only using the rice and dal (Lentil).

Today I am going to share with you a little different variety of breakfast dish – millet khichdi. Its truly delicious and healthy.

INGREDIENTS

1cup-240ml; 1tablespoon – 15ml ; 1teaspoon – 5ml;

Millet – ¼ cup
Red lentil (Masoor dal) – ½ cup
Onion – 1 big size
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
Carrot – 1 medium size
Potato – 1 Small size
Green peas – ¼ cup
Green chilies – 2 pieces
Red chili powder – ½ tsp
Bay leaves – 1 piece
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Cumin powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 2 tsp
Dried red chili – 1 piece
Sugar – 1½ tsp
Ghee – 1 tbsp.
Oil – 1 tbsp.
Salt – 1 tsp or as per your taste
Water – 3 cups
Coriander leaves – ¼ cup

Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Resting Time 10 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Servings 2 people

Equipment

Fry Pan
Normal Pressure Cooker

Notes

1. Here I have used regular millet. It gets cooked in 3-4 whistles of a regular pressure cooker.

2. For Khichdi recipe, I prefer to add lots of veggies into it. It is totally optional. If don’t like veggies in your khichdi then skip them.

3. I have taken lentil (masoor dal), it goes best for this recipe. However you can replace it by any other dals.

4. I like little dry khichdi. Therefore I have added 3 cups of water. If you prefer soupy khichdi then use 1 cup more water.

5. Garam masala is also an optional ingredient. But I don’t like it into my khichdi. I love the flavor of raw ingredients and the smell of ghee in my khichdi. But if you like to add garam masala into your khichdi, you can add.

6. Most importantly I do roast of my rice and dal before the cooking the khichdi. It helps to cook them properly.

Keyword vegetarian

How to make millet khichdi

Step 1: Firstly we have to chop carrot , green chilies, potato and onion into small pieces. After that wash them and put into a plate. Similarly finely chop the coriander leaves.

Step 2 : Add 2 tbsp. of ghee on a preheated pan. Then add 1 tsp of cumin seed, 1 dry red chili and 1 bay leave. Wait for cracking of cumin seeds.

Step 3: Now add chopped potato pieces into the oil and fry them for 2-3 minutes. Similarly add chopped carrot and onions and fry. Fry them in low flame. It helps the veggies to get cook evenly.

Step 4: Further add above all spices (coriander powder, red chili powder, cumin powder, sugar, salt, turmeric powder) on it and roast them all for another 1-2 minutes.

Step 5: Add the millet and dal into the fry pan. Similarly roast them with the veggies and spices for 2-3 minutes.

Step 6: Take 3 cup of water in a normal pressure cooker and let it boil. Then add the roasted millet, red lentil (masoor dal) and veggies into the pressure cooker. Wait for boiling.

Step 7: Put the lid tightly on the pressure cooker and cook for till 3 whistle on low flame. Switch off the gas and wait for 10-15 minutes to cool down.

Step 8: Open the lid of the pressure cooker, At that time add 1 more tbsp. of ghee and coriander leaves into it. Stir them gently and your Millet khichdi is ready to be served. If this recipe is helpful to you, then please share your experience with me by commenting below.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better millet or rice ?

There is no specification that you could choose either millet or rice. Any kind of rice or millet would be fine for your khichdi recipe. Both are equally tasty and healthy.

But personally I prefer Millet khichdi in my breakfast and rice khichdi at lunch.

Can I replace rice with millets?

Yes, you can. But I suggest you that fry or roast ( Without oil ) the millets before using it into khichdi. It helps to reduce the smell of it and also help to cook properly.

Otherwise Khichdi recipe is same as normal one.

How do you make khichdi?

Khichdi is a very easy and time saving recipe. It is a delicious Indian meal. To make it more delicious, follow my recipe step by step.

Is your khichdi healthy?

Yes, khichdi is a healthy meal. My millet khichdi contains lots of veggies and spices, so they make my khichdi more tasty and healthy.

Millet Khichdi