Dal Khichdi - Mouthwatering and Healthy !!

Ingredients:

1 cup Rice (preferably Basmati)
1/4 cup yellow moong dal or mixture of moong and tur daal
1 cup very finely chopped vegetables (carrot, beans, cauliflower, green peas, potato, dudhi etc)
(You can take any vegetables of your choice)
1 onion finely chopped
1/2 inch piece ginger finely chopped
1-2 green chillies finely chopped
1 medium sized tomato finely chopped
few coriander leaves finely chopped
3-4 table spoons of pure ghee/oil
1/2 tspn jeera seeds
1 tspn coriander powder
1/4 tspn turmeric
Salt to taste

Method

Soak rice and dal in a bowl of water for 20-30 mins. Heat ghee/oil in a pressure cooker. when hot, add jeera seeds and let them crackle. Add ginger, green chilli, onion and saute for a couple of minutes on low flame. When translucent add chopped vegetables. Mix well and add dhania and turmeric and chopped tomato and stir for a couple of minutes. Drain out water from rice and dal and add to the vegetables. Add Salt and 3 to 4 cups of water and pressure cook for 10 minutes after first whistle. Turn off flame. Open cooker when cool and blend with a hand blender to a thick puree like consistency. Serve hot garnished with chopped coriander leaves and accompanied with bowl of dahi/yogurt, roasted papad and pickle.