Khichdi Jinga Ni Recipe

Enjoy the heavenly taste of rice with prawns in a delightful combination of spices and other ingredients.

Ingredients:

1 kg prawns
1/2 kg basmati rice, soak in water
for atleast 1 hour
4 ozs mung dal, soak in water
4 ozs toovar dal, soak in water
Grind all this masala in vinegar, approx 8 ozs:
20 large red chillies
10 green chillies
8 ozs dessicated coconut
4 tsp cummin seed
1 large piece ginger
1 pod garlic
2 stalks curry leaves
tsp turmeric powder
1 1/2 tsp fenugreek powder
1 1/2 tsp mustard powder
2 ozs coriander powder
1 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
1 1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp cardamom powder
1/2 tsp salt
8 bunches fenugreek leaves
1 large bunch of coriander
6 stalks fresh garlic, in season
3 stalks green onions
1 kg onions
1/2 kg tomatoes
1/2 kg diced and fried potatoes (optional)
3 cups oil

Boil Rice With
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp cummin seed
1/2 tsp ground fenugreek seed.
10 whole black peppercorns
6 medium sticks cinnamon
10 whole cloves
8 whole cardamoms
1 tsp jeera-sal
3 pounded black cardamoms
4 bay leaves
1/2 cup oil

How to make Khichdi Jinga Ni:

For The Prawn Paatia
Peel and devein the prawns. Wash and marinate in 1 tsp salt for atleast 1/2 hour.
In the oil fry chopped onions, dark brown.
Add all ground masala and fry, stirring occasionally, till the aroma is present.
Add chopped tomatoes, fenugreek leaves, fresh garlic and green onions.
Keep on pounding and frying on slow fire till all is well cooked. and simmer till the oil exudes.
Drain off the water from the prawns completely.
Cook the prawns in the above masala till they are cooked, turning all the time and not more than 7 to 10 minutes.
Boil toovar dal first. When it is almost done, add mung dal till both dals are cooked but not mashed.

For The Rice
After the rice is cooked. while still on the fire, add the cooked dal and let it blend in with the rice for a few minutes.
Drain out the rice with dal into a large sieve and allow the water to run out completely.

Assemble Both
When cooled, add the prawn patia with chopped coriander leaves and mix in well.
Add fried diced potatoes if desired

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