KRISHNA PRASADAM(A SIMPLE KHICHDI)

'Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and what ever austerities you perform - do that as an offering to me' (Krishna speaking to Arjuna, his dear devotee in the Bhagavad - gita.)

So since I am a Krishna devotee what ever i cook in my kitchen i first offer to Krishna then only we have food at home. This simple krishna prasadam is an offering in ISKCON temple and they distribute this prasadam among the devotees all over the day.and also in Madhura(Krishna birth place) temple they serving this as a annaprasadam(annadanam) and in both temples they serve this in small almond leaf cups(donne) and very very hot hot
When i first tasted this in ISKCON temple from that time I made this as my fasting day dinner because this is very light and not much oil and helthy too
while doing fasting for full day and make this in the evening for dinner will give you a very instant energy.this should be like semi liquid not thick like pongal. I hope you all like this.

Raw rice --- 1 cup

Split moong dal ---- 1/2 cup(pesara pappu)

Carrot --- 1 cut in to small cubes

Bottle gourd --- 1 cup cut in to small cubes

Potato -- 1 small cut in to cubes

Ghee --- 2 tab sp

Black pepper corns --- 1 tea sp

Cumin seeds --- 1 tea sp

Asafetida --- 1/2 tea sp

A few curry leaves

Mustard seeds --- 1/2 tea sp

Ground nuts --- 1/4 cup

salt to taste

turmeric powder --- 1/2 tea sp

Method :----

Mix rice and dal wash well and add 5 cups water and all vegetables and cook till done or if you are use ing pressure cooker cook for 3 whistles means rice and dal should be in a mashey textureand vegetables are well cooked.add salt and turmeric powder mix well and keep a side

Now heat ghee in a fry pan add ground nuts and fry till golden color and crisp remove and keep a side.

now add mustard seeds to the same ghee and let them popup then add pepper corns, cumin seeds, curry leaves,asafetida let them fry for a sec. and add this and fried ground nuts(half) to rice and dal mixture mix well .

Garnish with remining ground nuts and serve with pappad(appadam) and lemon pickle.

Enjoy your dinner.yes this is a good choice for dinner.

You can use any other vegetables like green pea s, fresh beans, pumpkin, but not drumstick.

This is my entry for Ramki s Recipes for rest of us - Dinner at Siri' s corner