Recipe: Soul Comforting Dal Khichdi With Tadka

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Talk about soul comforting dishes and you cannot complete the list without mentioning dal khichdi with tadka. 

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If you haven't yet tried it, you are missing on something really good! So here's a simple recipe. 

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INGREDIENTS  Rice 1 cup Toor dal 1 cup Jeera powder 1 tsp Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp Garam Masala 1 tsp Coriander Powder 1tsp Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp

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INGREDIENTS 1 medium sized onion (chopped) 1 medium sized tomato (chopped) Ginger Garlic paste 1 tbsp Green chilli (finely chopped) 1 tsp Ghee 1 tbsp Red Chilly 1

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INGREDIENTS Hing 1 pinch Salt to taste Jeera 1/2 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder 1 tsp coriander leaves (finely chopped) Oil

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METHOD 1. Boil rice and dal in a cooker with turmeric and salt. Keep it aside. 

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METHOD 2. In a pan, take some oil, add ginger garlic paste, green chillies, onion, tomato, salt, jeera powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder and red chilli powder. Cook until tomato goes soft. 

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METHOD 3. Add dal and rice into this masala mixture and cook until its semi-dry in consistency. 

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METHOD 4. Take a tempering pan, add ghee,  hing, jeera, red chilli and kashmiri red chilli powder. Once the jeera starts popping add this tempering to the khichdi and close it with a lid. 

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METHOD 5. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves. Relish!