Cooking in Coliving: Kamal Masi's Khichdee Recipe

Coliving is all about bringing people together, and great food certainly does that! Cooking with family and friends is a pastime you should never give up.

Bowl of Khichdee on white and blue background

Fill Your Belly And Warm Your Heart

When it’s cold outside there’s nothing better than a warm bowl of soup—unless you’ve met our Kamal Masi! Then there’s nothing better than a warm bowl of her famous Khichdee.

Cooking and Coliving Go Hand-in-Hand

Coliving is all about bringing people together, and great food certainly does that! In many, many cultures, cooking is a group activity, meant to strengthen family ties, teach young ones valuable lessons, and just be fun for all involved. We think cooking together is a pastime you should continue throughout your life—whether with family, friends, or neighbors.

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Main Course

Kamal Masi's Famous Khichdee Recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup basmati rice
1 cup daal (yellow lentils)
6 cups water
2 tablespoons olive oil/vegetable oil
1 teaspoon salt (or more, to taste)
1 onion
1 tomato
4 cloves of garlic
4 slivers of ginger
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 handful fresh coriander (to taste)
5 green chili peppers (to taste!)

Instructions

Bring water to boil in a large pot.
Rinse the lentils and rice together.
When the water begins to boil, add the rice and lentil mixture. Bring the heat down to medium and cook uncovered for 25-30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
While the lentils and rice are cooking, chop the garlic, onion, ginger, green chili peppers, and tomato.
Heat oil in a frying pan on medium heat.
Add cumin seeds, stir in the chopped vegetables, and cook until light brown.
Add salt.
Chop the coriander and add it to the vegetables.
Remove from heat.
Add the vegetable mixture to the cooked rice and lentils, and stir on low heat for 5 minutes.
Ladle into bowls and serve.
Enjoy!