One Pot Vegan/Vegetarian Rice and Lentils Dish - Khichdi

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup basmati rice white
• 1/2 cup mung beans yellow split variety
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 2 sticks cinnamon
• 2 cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida powder
• 1 red chili
• 1 cup mixed vegetables chopped frozen or fresh use firm veggies only like carrots peas greenbeans
• 1 potato quartered
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons vegan margarine

Steps:

• Wash mung and rice together in a few changes of water Place in pressure cooker
• Put sufficient water in the pressure cooker in my cooker i use 2 cups of water for the 1/2 cups rice and 1/2 cup mung
• Put all other ingredients in except for cumin ghee chillies and asafetida
• Cook for 3 whistles roughly 5 minutes after cooker has gained full pressure
• Let it cool down and you can do this by running the closed cooker under cold water to facilitate faster cooling
• Heat ghee in pan add chilli and cumin and asafetida fry for a few seconds and mix into khichdi
• Serve