Cutchi Memon Digest February 2015

tharela danejo. Spicy Masala Khechdi taiyaar.
Kutchi chhaay (buttermilk) , kadhi bhego khaai
sako.

SPICY MASALA KHECHDI

1 cup rice
1/2 cup tuvar daar
3 cups water
4 tbsp oil
2 tsp ghee
1/2 tsp jeera
1″ cinnamon piece
Pinch of asafoetida
2 tbsp green peanuts
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp black pepper powder
1/4 tsp clove powder
1 medium onion chopped
4 cloves of garlic

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Green Chillis slit, as per taste
1 tsp ground ginger
1 medium sized potato (diced)
1 medium sized carrot (diced)
1 small sized beet root (diced)
2 or 3 green beans
1/2 cup green peas
Salt to taste
Red chili powder to taste

Method of Cooking:
Wash rice and tuvar dhall together 5-6 times. Add
3 cups of water and keep aside. Put ghee and oil
together in the pressure cooker. When hot add
jeera. Then add cinnamon piece and pea nuts.
When light brown, add turmeric, clove powder,
asafoetida, pepper powder. Now add onion. After
one minute add ginger, garlic and green chilies
and saute for a minute. Thereafter add potatoes,
green peas, salt, carrot, beet root and red chilies.

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Check salt and red chili. After one whistle close he
flame and let it cool. Spicy Masala Khechdi is
ready. You can eat it with buttermilk or kadhi.

FADEJI KHECHDI (CRACKED WHEAT KHICHDI)

1 vaadko yellow moong dal
3/4 vaadko fada(cracked wheat)
1 vaadko cholelo ne cubed batato (potato)
1 vaadko leela vatana

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1 vaadko cauliflower (nanda tokda)
1 vaadko kaande ja cubes
1 tbsp aadu-leela marcheji paste
1/2 tsp mari ja dana
1/2 tsp haldi
1 tsp lal marcha powder(optional)
meetho swaad anusaar
2 1/2 -3 vaadka paani

Waghaarela kare :
1 1/2 tbsp desi ghee
1″ taj jo tokdo
3 laving
1 tsp jeero
1/2 tsp hing

Banayji reet:
Yellow mong dar ne fada bhega kare 4-5 waar
paani se dhuteja. 2½-3 vaadka paani vaji kare
pase me rakhejo. Hekde pressure cooker me ghee

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vaji, garam thiye ter jeero, taj, laving ne hing
vajejo. Poy batata, vatana, cauliflower, kaando,
mari ja dana, haldi, lal marcho, aadu-marcheji
paste vaji saatdejo. Haane mong dar-fada paani
bhego vaaji ne meetho vajejo. 2-3 whistles poy
cooker bhanth kare vajejo. Thadho thiye ter khole
ne extra ghee vaji dahi bhego khaai sako. Alag
alag saak se ne Fibre se bhareli (full), zero
cholesterol waari hi Khechdi swaadist lagdhi.

FADEJI KHECHDI (CRACKED WHEAT KHICHDI)

1 cup yellow moong dal
3/4 cup fada (cracked wheat)
1 cup skinned and cubed potato
1 cup green peas
1 cup cauliflower (small pieces)
1 cup onion cubes
1 tbsp ginger-green chili paste
1/2 tsp black pepper seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric

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1 tsp red chili powder (optional)
Salt to taste
2 1/2 -3 cups water

For Waghar:
1 1/2 tbsp desi ghee
1″ cinnamon
3 cloves
1 tsp jeera
1/2 tsp asafetida

How to make:

Wash moon dhall and cracked wheet together 4-5

times in water. Add 2 1/2 -3 cups water and keep

aside. In a pressure cooker add ghee and when hot

add jeera, cinnamon, cloves and asafetida.

Thereafter, add potato, green peas, cauliflower,

onion, black pepper seeds, turmeric, red chili

powder, ginger-green chili paste and sauté. Now

add moong dhall, cracked wheat and water

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together. Switch off after 2-3 whistles. After
cooling add the extra ghee. It can be eaten with
curd. With different vegetables filled with fibre
having zero cholesterol this khechdi will be tasty.
(Courtesy : Kalpana in Kachchi Madu, Jan 2011)
In contrast to the above Kutchi preparations we
give below what is called Khichda, a Bohri delicacy.
It‘s made of :Kathod (6 Mixed dhals):

Tiniest Chauli (Kidney bean)
Tur Dal
Chana Dal
Moong Dal without skin
Udad Dal without skin
Masoor Dal

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