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Caption: How to make Bhoonji Kitchri & Khatoo
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Caption: Bhoonji Kitchri & Khatoo
Layered dhal and rice with a sweet and tangy sauce
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Caption: Bhoonji Kitchri & Khatoo
(Dry roasted lentils with tangy sauce)
Ingredients
2 cups Toovar Daal - washed & soaked overnight
Wash and drain the put to boil
Boil with a pinch of turmeric until cook through but not mushy
Spoon out the dhal but leave 1/3 of dhal in the boil and keep boiling
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Caption: Soaked over night, washed & ready to boil
Caption: In a pan heat some oil will ginger/ garlic / green chilli paste then add the drained dhal
Add the dried spices
1/2tsp Turmeric
2tsp Coriander
2tsp Cumin
1-2tsp Red Chilli
Salt to taste
Roast this dhal mixture gently in the wok like dish.
Set aside
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Caption: Prepare rice
21/2 cups washed rice
Bring water to boil in a pan with dried seeds- Cumin cloves cinnamon and bay leaf
Par boil and drain rice - set aside
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6 hard boiled eggs
3 medium potatoes - peeled and cut
Boil eggs - deshell and fry whole - set aside
Fry potatoes - set aside
At this pint in a separate bowl steep 200g tamarind in boiling hot water - set aside
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Caption: In a fairly large not too deep pot assemble the rice , dhal and potatoes in layers like biryani
Steam for 45 minutes.
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Caption: Khatoo
With the remaining dhal that was boiling whisk till all dhal is smooth
Strain the tamarind keeping the juice- discard the fleshy tamarind
Add
garlic coriander chilly mint paste
Desiccated coconut
Sugar
Dash of Orange juice
Chick pea flour paste to thicken sauce
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Caption: Tempering
Oil
Cumin
Fresh green chilli
onions - fry till golden brown
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Caption: Serve and enjoy
Bon appetite
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