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Khichuri (Soft Rice with Green Gram and Vegetables)
(5 Litre pressure cooker)

Serves: 10	Pressure Cooking Time 4 minutes
20 g ginger  10 flakes garlic  6 green cardamoms peeled 2 sticks (2 ½ cm each) cinnamon  4 cloves  8 cups + 1 tsp water  1 cup split skinned green gram  ½ cup mustard oil  4 bay leaves  2 tsp cumin seeds  1 large (150 g) onion chopped 1 cup Basmati rice  300 g cauliflower cut into chunky flowerettes 2 medium (200 g) potatoes peeled and cut into quarters 1 cup peas shelled or frozen ½ tsp turmeric powder  2 tbsp coriander powder  1 tbsp red chilli powder  2 tsp sugar  4 tsp salt  2 tbsp ghee
Method
1 Grind ginger and garlic into a paste. 2 Grind cardamoms, cinnamon and cloves into a paste adding a little water (1 tsp) from time to time. 3 In a pan, roast green gram on medium heat till golden brown (approximately 7 minutes), stirring constantly. Remove and wash gram. 4 Heat oil in cooker for about 5 minutes. Add bay leaves and cumin seeds. Stir for a few seconds. Add onion and fry till golden brown. Add ginger-garlic paste. Stir for a few seconds. Add gram and all other ingredients except water, spice paste and ghee. Mix. Add remaining water (8 cups). Stir. 5 Close cooker. Bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and cook for 4 minutes. 6 Remove cooker from heat. Allow to cool naturally. 7 Open cooker. Add spice paste. Stir. Pour ghee evenly over khichuri. Serve hot.