Moong Dal Khichuri
Soft, soothing rice and roasted moong dal cooked together with ginger and turmeric — Bangladesh's rainy-day comfort food.
Prep
10 min
Cook
35 min
Total
45 min
Serves
4
Per serving
218 kcal
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Instructions
Step 1: Dry-roast the moong dal in a heavy pot until it smells nutty, then rinse it with the washed kalijira rice.
Step 2: Heat the ghee and fry the onion and bay leaf until the onion is golden.
Step 3: Stir in the ginger paste and ground turmeric, then add the rice and moong dal and fry for two minutes.
Step 4: Pour in the hot water, add the salt and green chilli, bring to the boil and simmer partly covered, stirring often, until soft and porridge-like.
Ingredients
Quantities update automatically for 4 servings.
- 200 gKalijira rice — washed
- 150 gMoong dal — dry-roasted
- 2 tbspGhee
- 1 wholeOnion — sliced
- 1 tspGinger paste
- 1 tspGround turmeric
- 2 wholeBay leaf
- 3 wholeGreen chilli — slit
- 1 ½ tspSalt
- 1 ¼ litreWater — hot
Nutrition
Nutrition per serving, calculated from the ingredient list. Not yet reviewed.
- Calories
- 218 kcal
- Protein
- 9.7 g
- Carbohydrates
- 28.6 g
- Fat
- 8 g
- Saturated fat
- 4.8 g
- Fibre
- 7 g
- Sugar
- 4.3 g
- Sodium
- 734 mg
These figures are estimates for general information only and are not medical or dietary advice.