Ingredients

• 1 cup - rice
• 1/2 cup - green gram
• 1 - onion, chopped
• 3 - green chillies
• 1 tsp - ginger garlic paste
• a few curry leaves
• 10 - 12 - cashew nuts
• 1/2 tsp - shah jeera (caraway seeds)
• 3 - each cloves, cardamom and 1-inch cinnamon stick
• 1 - bay leaf
• 2 tbsp - clarified butter
• salt to taste

How to Make Moghalai Kichadi

• Wash and soak rice and green gram together.
• Make a powder of the dry spices, except bay leaf.
• Make a coarse paste of onion, chillies, ginger and garlic. Keep aside.
• Heat ghee in a pan and add the onion paste and bay leaf. Fry till golden brown.
• Add the spice powder, curry leaves and mix. To this, add 3 cups of water and bring to a boil.
• Add the soaked rice and green gram. Add the salt and cook till done. Garnish with cashewnuts fried in butter.