PARIBA KHECHUDI (VEGETABLE KHICHDI)...ONE OF THE MOST ODISHA'S FAMOUS SATWIK RECIPE

Ingredients :-

Rice - 1 cup

Roasted Moong Dal (Split Yellow lentils) - 1 cup

Water - 3 cups (as per requirement)

Vegetables :-

Aloo, Kancha Kadali, Kakharu, Phula Kobi, Gajar, Beans, Mula, Nadia Kora, Tomator.

(Potato, Raw Banana, Pumpkin, Cauliflower, Carrot, Beans, Radish, Grated coconut, Tomatoes)

All the vegetables should cut in small pieces and take as per your choice.

Spices :-

Cinnamon (Dalchini), Cloves (Labang), Cardamom (Aleicha), Bay leaf (Teja patra), Dry Red Chillies (Sukhila Lanka), Cumin seeds (Jeera), Whole Pepper (Gota Golmaricha), Pepper Powder (Gol maricha gunda), Grated Ginger (Checha Ada), Green Chillies (Kancha Lanka), Turmeric Powder (Haldi), Sugar to taste (Chini), Salt to taste   

Ghee - 2-3 tsp

Roasted Peanuts (Badam) - 1/4 cup

Fried Cashew n Raisins (Kaju-khismis)

Method :-

Clean and wash the rice n moong dal together and soak for 30 minutes. After soaking rice and dal, drain the excess water and keep aside. First heat the water in high flame and let it boil. Heat 2 tsp ghee in another deep pan. Add cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, tej patta, cumin seeds, dry red chillies, whole pepper and grated ginger to the ghee and saute for a while. Then immediately add the boiling water to the deep pan.  Next add the rice, moong dal and all the vegetables, haldi powder and salt as per your tatse. Cover it and let it cook in a medium flame about 10 minutes. When the veggies are cooked, add the grated coconut, 1 tsp sugar, pepper powder, fried cashew nuts, raisins and roasted peanuts to the rice and mix well and let it cook in lower flame till it is done. When the khichdi will ready add rest of the ghee over it and cover it for 5 minutes. Switch off the flame and serve your 'mandira khichdi' with aloo bharta or tomato-khajuri khatta...Specially it's made in Ganesh Chaturthi and Dushera as Prasad in western Odisha.