Herbed Khichdi- Femina

A nutritious mix of rice with pulses and herbs

Ingredients

Serves: 2
Time required: 15 minutes

50 g rice
50 g green gram
1 cup mixed herbs, chopped (coriander, mint, celery, parsley, basil)
1 cup button onions, peeled
1 tsp ginger, grated
1 tsp garlic, chopped
1 tsp oatmeal
2 tsp wheatgerm
1 tsp any bran (wheat, rice or oat)
¼ tsp pepper powder
¼ tsp cumin powder
Pinch of salt
For the Seasoning
2 tsp oil
A pinch of mustard and cumin seeds
2 tsp curry leaves

Method
Heat the oil in a pressure cooker and sauté the seasoning ingredients, button onions, ginger and garlic for a minute. Add the remaining ingredients and water a little over twice the volume of the rice and pressure cook. Serve hot with plain curd or raita.

Nutritional value of each serving:
Calories : 310.0 K cal
Carbohydrates: 49.5 g
Fat: 7.0 g
Fibre: 1.4 g
Minerals: 2.2 g
Protein: 11.9 g

Extracted from the book, The Healthy Heart DietBook by G Padma Vijay, published by Orient Paperbacks.
Photographs: Shashi Nair
G Padma Vijay is a trained nutritionist with research experience in clinical nutrition.