Pasai ke Chawal ki Khichdi for Navratri | Vrat wali Khichdi Recipe | Khichdi Recipe for Fast
A light and delicious khichdi dish made with Pusai Rice or Tinni Rice spiced lightly. It is mostly eaten during the fasting days like Navratri or Janmashtami or any other fast / vrat / upvas when people are fasting. Posai Rice Khichdi for Navratri fast is one of the main fasting dishes from North India. Pair this fast khichdi or tinni rice khichdi with a bowl of curd and coriander chutney.
Servings 2
Calories 120kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Pasai ke Chawal / Tinni Rice
- 1 Potato (chopped)
- 1 tsp Green Chili (finely chopped)
- ½ tsp Cumin Seeds (Jeera)
- ¾ tsp Sendha Namak or Rock Salt
- 2 tsp Ghee/Oil
- 2.5 cup Water
- 1 tbsp Fresh Coriander (finely chopped)
Instructions
- Firstly, grind the posai chawal a little bit.
- Wash and soak the vrat rice or tinni rice for at least 30 minutes.
- Further, heat 2 tsp of ghee/oil in a pressure cooker.
- In addition, add cumin seeds.
- Once it splutters add finely chopped green chili and saute for a few seconds.
- After that, add the chopped potato and mix well.
- Shallow fry this for 1-2 minutes.
- Now add pasai rice or tinni rice and mix well.
- In addition, add 2.5 cups of water, sendha namak and mix well.
- Now, pressure cooks it for 3 whistles.
- After 15 minutes, open the lid of the pressure cooker.
- Add finely chopped fresh coriander to the vrat khichdi.
- Mix all the ingredients well.
- Finally, serve this yummy Pusai ke Chawal ki Khichdi with curd and coriander chutney.
Notes
By grinding the Pasai rice or vrat rice a little bit, it gets cooked quickly.