Dahlia Khichdi
Dahlia Khichdi also sometime referred as vegetable dahlia is a very common solid food for babies 8 months and above, once they promote to grains . It’s easy to cook, light on the tummy and extremely nutritional. When my son was in that age, I would prepare Dahlia Khichdi every other day, by switching the vegetables. Once he turned 3, I almost stopped making this savory porridge and would use broken/cracked wheat mainly to make fritters. The texture of this dahlia khichdi is smooth runny which makes it easy to digest. You can treat it as a blank canvas and add your own choice of vegetables or spices.
Dahlia Khichdi is
one pot mealeasy to adapt as per your taste budmakes a great baby foodcan be prepared in electric pressure cooker or your Instapot very quickly.
Ingredients for Dahlia Khichdi:
Key Ingredients is broken wheats and lentils. Pick your choice of lentils. I used yellow mung daalUse your choice of veggies and greens. Just dice the veggies into bite size for even cookingGhee tadka – A drizzle of pipping hot ghee tadka is the best way to elevate the flavor of dahlia Khichdi. Just like most porridge this Dahlia Khichdi too will settle down and thicken up as it cools down. I prefer the consistency to be runny so I would always more water than actually required to boil the grain and lentils.
What is Dahlia?
Dahlia is broken/cracked wheat which is a very common ingredient used in Indian cooking. We use grain and lentils together to prepare Khicdi. While using rice is the most common ingredient, dahlia is a great healthier substitute.
TRY THIS RECIPE - Broken Wheat Dukkah Fritters With Labneh
Recently Tanvi shared her dahlia khichdi in Instagram and it instantly inspired me. I had some gorgeous beetroot greens that I wanted to use. Along with some assorted frozen vegetables and a good dose of beetroot stems and leaves, I made Dahlia khichdi after ages. Saved some of the tender leaves to crispy fry along with the eggplant. It was a simple comforting meal that took me barely 5 minutes of prep and 15 minutes of cooking in Mealthy Multipot.
