Chicken Khichuri
A one-pot rice, lentil and chicken khichuri made richer with whole spices — a full rainy-day meal.
Prep
15 min
Cook
50 min
Total
65 min
Serves
5
Per serving
429 kcal
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Instructions
Step 1: Fry the onion in the mustard oil with the cardamom pods and bay leaf until golden.
Step 2: Add the chicken thighs, ginger garlic paste, ground turmeric, chilli powder, cumin powder and salt and cook until the chicken is browned.
Step 3: Stir in the kalijira rice and moong dal, then the hot water; simmer partly covered, stirring often, until soft and the chicken is cooked through.
Ingredients
Quantities update automatically for 5 servings.
- 600 gChicken thighs — bone-in pieces
- 250 gKalijira rice — washed
- 150 gMoong dal — dry-roasted
- 4 tbspMustard oil
- 2 wholeOnion — sliced
- 1 tbspGinger garlic paste
- 1 tspGround turmeric
- 1 tspChilli powder
- 1 tspCumin powder
- 4 wholeCardamom pods
- 2 wholeBay leaf
- 2 tspSalt
- 1 ½ litreWater — hot
Nutrition
Nutrition per serving, calculated from the ingredient list. Not yet reviewed.
- Calories
- 429 kcal
- Protein
- 31.3 g
- Carbohydrates
- 27.3 g
- Fat
- 22.5 g
- Saturated fat
- 4.4 g
- Fibre
- 6.6 g
- Sugar
- 4.7 g
- Sodium
- 880 mg
These figures are estimates for general information only and are not medical or dietary advice.