27 March, 2019

SPINACH-WHOLE GREEN GRAM KHICHDI/Palak hesarukalu huggi

Here in More supermarket we get the mixture of whole green gram and basmati rice mixed together. Very often I buy that and make plain khichdi/huggi, dosa/dosay , sweet pongal etc using that mixture, and sometimes I use whole green gram and sona masoori rice too (separately) to make these dishes. But this time when I went to buy this mixture, my eyes fell on fresh spinach bunches in the vegetable section, so what next – bought both of them and that’s how today’s recipe got done. Below is my method of making spinach whole green gram khichdi.

Please have a look at some other recipes using green gram here – hesarukalu/green moong huggi (south indian style) , hesarukalu/green moong sweet pongal , hesarukalu/green moong dosay , hesarukalu/green gram idly , Instant dosay , hesarukalu/green moong curry/huli

Ingredients : measuring cup used – 250 ml, serves 2 to 3 people

Green gram-rice mixture – 1/2 cup
Water – 2 to 2&1/2 cups (adjust)
Spinach/palak puree – 1/2 cup (I have added little more) (rinse well the palak, cut them roughly and put it in the mixie and make puree)
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Ghee – 2 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1/4 tbsp
Hing – 1/4 tsp
Onion – 1 small sized (optional)
Ginger – 1 tsp
Green chili – 1 tsp
Tomato – 1 medium sized
Curry leaves – 1 string
Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp
Red chili powder – 1 tsp (less hot/spicy, which gives out color)
Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt – to taste

For tempering :

Ghee – 2 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
Whole red chili (hot) – 2 nos.,
Red chili powder – 1/4 tsp (hot/spicy)
Kasuri methi – 1/2 tbsp (I have used fresh methi leaves only)
Onion – 2 tbsp

PROCEDURE :

Boil 1&1/2 cups of water in a cooker, add in rinsed rice-moong mixture and turmeric powder until two whistles and keep it aside
Heat ghee, add in cumin seeds, hing, ginger, green chili, curry leaves and coriander leaves and saute for a minute

Now add in onion and saute till becomes light brown and then add in tomato and salt saute further for 2 minutes

Now add in garam masala powder and red chili powder, give it a mix, then add in palak/spinach puree, mix and cook till the mixture becomes little thick while stirring in between

Now add in cooked rice green gram mixture, some more water if needed and required salt and cook everything together while stirring continuously and remove once done