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Khichda or Dhaleem

Oct-23-2015
Affaf Ali
30 minutes
Prep Time
60 minutes
Cook Time
6 People
Serves
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ABOUT Khichda or Dhaleem RECIPE

A classic pressure cook dish. Khichda or Dhaleem is the combination of lentils, wheat, rice, boneless meat and spices cooked for long hours to get a thick paste kind of consistency. This dish is mostly prepared during fasting period of Ramadan. It's a protein rich dish, which is mild yet flavourful.

Recipe Tags

  • Non-veg
  • Festive
  • Hyderabadi
  • Main Dish

Ingredients Serving: 6

  1. Boneless mutton - 300 grams
  2. Onion - 2
  3. Ginger garlic paste - 1/4th tsp
  4. Chana dal - 50 grams
  5. Moong dal - 50 grams
  6. Masoor dal - 50 grams
  7. Udad dal - 50 grams
  8. Rice - 50 grams
  9. Wheat flour - 3 tspn
  10. Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
  11. Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp
  12. garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp
  13. Salt according to taste
  14. For Garnishing:
  15. Crisp fried onion slices
  16. Finely chopped coriander leaves
  17. few Lemon wedges

Instructions

  1. Soak the dals and rice for 4 hours.
  2. In a pressure cooker, add the meat, finely chopped onion cubes, ginger garlic paste, little salt, turmeric powder, chilly powder, garam masala and 1/2 glass water. Pressure cook till meat is well cooked.
  3. Transfer only the meat pieces to another cooking vessel. Retain the water for later use.
  4. Add few spoons of oil and on low to medium flame roast the meat well, till you get a good aroma and meat turns light brown. Keep them aside for later use.
  5. Do not over fry as the meat tends to get hard. If you are using big chunks of boneless pieces - Once cooked, make smaller pieces and fry them.
  6. Add the dals and rice to the cooker, with the previously cooked onion and spice water. Add required water and pressure cook till the dals are fully cooked. Mix the dals with pav bhaji masher.
  7. Now transfer this along with roasted meat to one vessel and cook on medium flame. Check for spices and add accordingly.
  8. Make sure you are stirring so that the khichda does not burn from bottom.
  9. Dissolve wheat flour in water, mix well and add to khichda. Cook until you get a paste kind of consistency.
  10. Serve hot with garnishing of fried onion, fine chopped coriander leaves and few drops of lemon juice.

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Arnav Gupta
Dec-14-2018
Arnav Gupta   Dec-14-2018

Its haleem or haris and not dhaleem

mohammad subhan
Oct-03-2016
mohammad subhan   Oct-03-2016

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