Bajra Khichdi
Dietary and allergen labels, nutrition and cost are worked out automatically from each recipe’s ingredients and are a guide only. Check the labels on what you buy yourself — especially for allergies or coeliac disease. More about recipe labels.
Opens Equal House and puts it on the night you choose. No app yet? It’s free, and the recipe comes with you when you install it.
Ingredients
- 200 g pearl millet (bajra)
- 100 g split green moong dal
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 10 g fresh coriander, chopped
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 349 kcal
- Protein
- 12.5 g
- Carbohydrate
- 49.9 g
- of which sugars
- 3.4 g
- Fat
- 9.7 g
- of which saturates
- 1.1 g
- Fibre
- 6.8 g
- Salt
- 0.03 g
Estimated from typical values for each ingredient — a guide, not a substitute for the label on what you actually buy.
Method
- 1
Soak the pearl millet in water for 1 hour, then drain.
- 2
Heat the vegetable oil in a pan and fry the cumin seeds for 30 seconds, then add the onion and cook for 6 minutes until soft.
- 3
Stir in the ground turmeric, then add the millet and moong dal and 700ml water.
- 4
Bring to the boil, cover and simmer over low heat for 25-30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the millet and dal are completely soft, adding more water if needed.
- 5
Season to taste and scatter with the chopped coriander before serving hot.
Plan your meals — and share the cooking
Equal House builds your shopping list by aisle, times the cooking for dinner, and shares it out fairly. Free to start.
Free to start on your iPhone Free to start on your Android phone Free to start · No ads · Your family's data stays yours.