KUTTU KI KHICHDI

KUTTU KI KHICHDI

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INGREDIENTS

1 cup buckwheat or buckwheat groats/kuttu
2 medium potatoes, chopped in small cubes
2 cups water
1 green chili, chopped
½ inch ginger, finely chopped
½ tsp cumin seeds/jeera
1 tsp organic unrefined cane sugar or regular sugar
2 tbsp raw peanuts
1 tbsp ghee or 1 tbsp peanut oil
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
lemon juice or as required (optional)
rock salt as required

INSTRUCTIONS

• Roast peanuts in a frying pan or tava till they become crunchy and golden. let them cool.
• Remove and make a coarse powder of them in a mortar-pestle or in a coffee grinder. keep the powdered peanuts aside.
• Pick and then rinse the buckwheat a few times in water and keep aside.
• Heat ghee or oil in a pan or pot. add the cumin and saute till they crackle.
• Then add the green chili and ginger and saute for a few seconds.
• Add the potato cubes and saute for 2 to 3 minutes till the potatoes become crisp from the edges. stir often. its better to chop the potatoes in smaller cubes, so that they cook faster.
• Add the ground peanuts and saute for half a minute. later add the rinsed buckwheat. stir well and saute for 1 to 2 mins.
• Add the water, sugar, salt.
• Stir and cover the pan and allow the buckwheat to simmer on a low flame.
• Cook till all the water is absorbed and the buckwheat has cooked well.
• Add coriander leaves and give a final stir.
• Serve buckwheat khichdi hot or warm drizzled with lemon juice.

Source: http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/buckwheat-khichdi- recipe-kuttu- ki-khichdi/
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