Khichda

Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 kg chicken or 1 kg mutton, cut into small pieces
• 1 cup ghee
• 1/3 cup barley
• 1/4 cup yellow split peas (chana dal)
• 1/4 cup split red lentils (masoor dal)
• 1/4 cup yellow split lentils (tuvar dal)
• 1/4 cup split mung dal
• 1 cup bulgur (broken wheat)
• 12 -15 cups water
• 12 red chilies
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 12 garlic cloves
• 1 inch ginger
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• fried slices onion
• lime wedge

Recipe

• 1 soak all the daals& wheat for 3 hours, then wash and drain well grind red chillies, turmeric, garlic& ginger, salt into a paste heat ghee, and fry the ground spice paste well add meat, and stir fry for 5 minutes add wheat and dals, with 12 cups of water also add chopped mint and coriander and blend well, adding salt to taste.
• 2 simmer on a low flame for 2 hours serve hot garnished with fried onions, ghee and lemon slices.