Ingredients

• Rice - 2 cups
• Tuvar Dal - 1 cup
• Onion - 1 medium, chopped
• Potato - 1 medium, chopped
• Tomato - 1 medium, chopped
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Garlic - 5-6 flakes (finely chopped)
• Red chilli - 2-3
• Lemon Juice - 1 tsp
• Dhania-Jeera powder - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Warm Water - 4 cups

How to Make Jhatpat Masala Khichadi

• Wash rice and tuvar dal and keep for 10 mins.
• In a pressure pan, heat some oil and put mustard seeds.
• When they crackle, add asafoetida, finely chopped garlic and red chillies.
• Then add turmeric powder, chopped onions, potatoes and tomato.
• Saute for 2 mins.
• Then add the washed rice and tuvar dal.
• Saute till it mixes.
• Then add dhania-jeera powder and salt as per taste and warm water.
• Lastly add lemon juice and cook for 10 mins, after 1 whistle (tuvar dal should be properly cooked).
• Serve hot with papad and pickle.