Palak Kichadi
Spinach, or Palak is a rich source of magnesium, calcium, and phosphorus, along with the many other nutrients it serves. A great food choice to keep your blood pressure levels in check, this simple, healthy, and tasty Palak Kichadi can be your quick, go-to meal. Here’s the recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Semolina (Rava)
- 70 Gms Green gram (washed)
- 1/2 Tsp Turmeric / Haldi
- 3 Cup Water
For kichadi
- 1 Tbsp Ghee / Oil
- 2 Pods Cardamom
- 1 Inch cinnamon
- 1 Bay leaf / Tej patta
- 1 Dried red chilli
- 1/2 onion (finely chopped)
- 1/2 Tbsp Ginger garlic paste
- 1 Green chilli (slit)
- 1 Tomato (finely chopped)
- 1/2 Cup Palak/any spinach leaves
- 1 Cup Water
- 1 Tsp Salt
Instructions
- In a kadai heat 1 tbsp ghee/oil and saut. Add 2 pods of cardamom, 1 inch cinnamon, 1 bay leaf and 1 dried red chilli. Also saute ½ onion, till they turn slightly golden. Additionally, saute ½ tsp ginger garlic paste and 1 green chilli. Furthermore, add 1 tomato and saute till the tomatoes turn soft and mushy. Add palak puree and cook for 5 minutes or till palak changes colour. Then, add pressure cooked rice and moong dal. Also, add 1 cup water and 1 tsp salt.
- Simmer and boil for 5 minutes or till kichadi absorbs palak flavour. Finally, serve palak kichadi hot topped with more coriander if required. Enjoy a healthy, tasty meal.
Notes
| Ingredient | Sodium (mg) | Potassium (mg) |
| Semolina (125g) | 2.88 | 355 |
| Green gram (70g) | 8.73 | 823.9 |
| Turmeric (2.5g) | 0.09 | 59.3 |
| Palak/spinach (1/2cup) | 4.25 | 62.5 |
| oil/ghee (15g) | - | - |
| cardamom | 0.04 | 3.7 |
| cinnamon | - | - |
| Bay leaf | - | - |
| Red chilli (5g) | 0.97 | 112 |
| Green chilli (5g) | 0.16 | 21 |
| Onion (30g) | 1.65 | 51 |
| Tomato (30g) | 2.91 | 61.2 |
| Ginger garlic | 0.1+0.1 | 5+5.3 |
| Salt (1.2g) | 480 | |
| Total | 501.88 | 1599.9 |
