Healthy Buckwheat Khichdi Recipe

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Buckwheat may be one of the super foods you are not familiar. It is not only healthy but also tasty and it is a great substitute for rice. This khichdi using buckwheat is the simplest dish just like any other khichdi and the taste is amazing too.

Ingredients

1 cupbuckwheat (kutto or kutti no daro)
1/2 cupcurd (dahi)
1 tbspoil
1 tspcumin seeds (jeera)
1/2 cupraw potato cubes
1 tbspginger-green chili paste
rock salttable to taste
2 tbsproasted and coarsely powdered peanuts
1/2 tsplemon juice

For The Garnish

1 tbspfinely chopped coriander (dhania) optional
1 tsproasted sesame seeds (til)

Directions

Step1Clean, wash and soak the buckwheat in enough water for 2 hours and drain and keep it aside.
Step2In a bowl pour 1½ cup of water and curd and whisk it well and keep it aside.
Step3Heat oil in a deep non-stick pan and add cumin seeds and when the seeds crackle, add the potatoes, mix it well and cover with the lid and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes or till the potatoes are half cooked and stir occasionally on a low flame.
Step4Add ginger-green chili paste, buckwheat, curd-water mixture, and rock salt, mix it well and cover with a lid and cook on a low flame for 5 to 6 minutes and stir occasionally.
Step5Add peanuts and lemon juice, mix it well and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute.
Step6Garnish with coriander and sesame seeds and serve it hot.