HOTCHULHA

Ingredients:

• Moongdal – 1/2 Cup
• Semiya – 1 Cup
• Onion – 1 medium cut into long lengths
• Green Chilies – 8 Cut into long lenghts
• Raw coconut – 1 Tablespoon (Grated)
• Cilantro – handful – cut into tiny pieces
• Ginger-garlic Paste – 1 Teaspoon
• Cloves – 2
• Cinnamon Stick – 1/2 inch pieces
• Salt to Taste
• Oil – 3 Tablespoon
• Ghee – 1 Teaspoon

Method:

1. Dry roast the moong  dal and cook it in water till the moong dal is half done, then drain it and keep it aside.
2. Dry roast the semiya and boil it in 2 cups of water along with a bit of salt. Drain this and keep it aside.
3. Take a heavy bottom pan and put 3 table spoons of oil and 1 tablespoon of ghee and put the onion and green chillies and saute it for couple of minutes.
4. Now add cloves and cinnamon stick, ginger-garlic paste and fry this till the raw smell goes off.
5. Add salt, cooked semiya and moongdal and 1/2 cup of water and mix it well and cover it with a lid and cook it on medium heat till all the water evaporates and looks like kichidi.
6. Garnish it with coconut and cilantro.

Serve it hot.

Tags: kichidi