Green gram split or sprouted whole gram - 1/2 cup.
Cauliflower florets/chopped carrots or any other vegetables or green leaves - 1 cup.
Green chili/pepper - as per taste.
Grated ginger - 1/2 tablespoon.
Chopped onion - 1 small.
Garlic - 10 cloves.
Ripe tomato - 1 medium sized chopped.
Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon.
Carom seed - teaspoon.
Asafetida - 1 pinch.
Ghee/oil - 1 tablespoon.
Salt - to your taste.
Total quantity - 2 cups (1 serving).
How to prepare :
Wash dalia and green gram in a bowl and soak them in 2 cups of water for 10 to 15 minutes.
Chop all the vegetables and keep them aside.
Now heat oil in a pressure cooker, add cumin seeds, carom seeds, asafoetida, and fry them till they become light brown in colour.
Add onion, garlic and saute it for a minute or 2. Now add soaked dalia and green gram, salt turmeric powder, pepper, chopped vegetables, two and a half cups of water and mix well.
Close the cooker lid and cook on medium flame.
Benefits :
Vegetables used in the dish are nutritious.
The spices added in the recipe has medicinal values.
Dalia is a good diabetic diet and also improves metabolism.
Note :
Instead of Pulav, if you want to make khichdi then add three and a half cups of water and cook it.
