Healthy Rice Kichidi

4 persons

Ingredients:
 1/2 cup whole moong dal
2 cup Rice
2 Tomatoes
1 Potato
2 Carrot
1 Onion (optional)
2 Garlic pearls (optional)
100g Beans
100g Spinach
100g Cauliflower
100g Peas
2 tbsp Fenugreek leaves
2 tbsp Coriander leaves
1 Lemon
1 inch Ginger
1 tb sp Cumin powder
2 Green chillis
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tbsp cumin seeds
1 tb sp of oil
Salt to taste

Method:
Take  a pan. Add oil to it. Add cumin seeds and fry it till it splatters.
Add ginger and Chillis to it and saute for 2 minutes.
Add all the vegetables, spinach , fenugreek leaves and coriander leaves, and saute for 5 minutes.
Add cumin powder, turmeric powder, Salt  to it.
Add the rice and moongdal to it. Saute for 2 Minutes.
Transfer the whole mixture to a pressure cooker or a rice cooker.
Add 9-10 cups of water to it and allow it to cook for three whistles.
Mix it well and add lemon juice to it and serve hot with raita.
Note: When onion used saute it after adding cumin seeds for few minutes and then add all the vegetables.
Garlic can be added with rest of the vegetables.