Khicheri-( Khichedi) really means ” mixture- put together”. This is a very popular dish for quick comfort food.Generally eaten with warm Yogurt Soup-Kadhi.

Khicheri has ingredients like-Rice, Mung Daal, Vegetable, Onions, garlic, Spinach and anything else you want to put in. I tried this dish with Poha. Khicheri is considered Cleansing food in Ayurveda.

Poha( plural) are Parboiled and flattened dried Rice. So I used Poha instead of Rice. Poha does not require much cooking as they are parboiled Rice. Many dishes are made with Poha. There are two types of Poha- Thick kind and thin kind. Thick Poha are made from thick variety of Rice and thin are made from thin variety. Poha can be purchased from Indian Market and shelf life is long.

In any case it is good to rinse them in  Cold water-the rinsing has to be done without touching Poha as they tend to soften and then become Mushy.

I used the thick kind. I used left over vegetables and Mung Daal. The Recipe calls for  uncooked Daal.

Recipe makes about 5 to 6 Cups