QUINOA KITCHADI

QUINOA KITCHADI

Ingredients:

1 cup quinoa
½ cup moong dal
2 green chillies cut into small bits
½ tsp black pepper crushed
1 tsp cumin
2 cloves
1 sprig curry leaves
1 small piece of cinnamom stick
½ tsp tumeric powder
1 tsp ginger cut into bits
A pinch of asafetida
10 cashew nuts fried in ghee
2 tbs ghee
Salt to taste

Method:

Soak quinoa and moong dal in a pressure cooker,
containing 3 cups of water for 2 hours.
Temper all the ingredients above, except the cashew nuts.
Pour it into the pressure cooker.

Pressure cook for about 4 whistles.
Let the pressure drop. Open the cooker.
Fluff the kitchadi, garnish with cashew nuts.
Serve hot with little ghee or curds.