Spinach Dal Khichdi in Instant Pot

Long time, no IP recipes!! In fact not much recipes off late. The reason is I’m so so lazy these days that I hardly cook anything great but even if I do I’m lazy to take pictures! 😀 So I planned to make dal and rice yesterday but got so lazy that I dumped everything in IP and made dal khichdi. 😛 And it turned out so good especially on a cold winter night, this is such a heavenly comfort food! I usually make khichdi/dal with moong dal but I ran out of it and made with toor dal and loved it. If you don’t have a Instant pot, make the same thing in pressure cooker or rice cooker. Alright, here’s how I make it. Check out other Instant Pot recipes here. You will need

1. Toor dal- 1 cup
2. Rice- 1.5 cup
3. Onion- 1 big, sliced
4. Tomato- 3, diced
5. Green chili- 6, slit length wise
6. Ginger-garlic paste- 1 tsp
7. Turmeric powder- 1/3 tsp
8. Salt- to taste, I added around a lil more than 2 tsp
9. Oil or ghee- 2 tsp
10. Water- 6 cups
11. Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
12. Spinach- 1/2 bunch
13. Hing/asafoetida- a pinch

METHOD

• Click on ‘saute’ mode, Add oil to the inner pot, add cumin seeds and once that sizzles add in onions and green chilies.
• Once onions are soft, add in ginger-garlic paste and mix well.
• Add in tomatoes, spinach and add turmeric powder and hing to it and mix well.
• Click on ‘off’ and add in washed rice and dal to it.
• Add in salt and water and mix well.
• Close and secure the lid and turn the valve to ‘sealing’ and click on ‘rice’ mode.
• Once done, release the pressure naturally and open and mix for one last time.
• Add a dollop of ghee and serve hot!