For Bengalis, Khichuri is the season’s favourite comfort meal. Rice and lentil cooked together with a few whole and ground spices until it reaches the creamy consistency. No weird ingredients in it. Though there are a whole lot of easy, tasty Bengali recipes those we can cook solely with pantry items.
Khichuri is a savoury porridge type of dish, a comfort meal, it is an ultra-easy dish to cook with staple pantry ingredients and even better to eat! Take rice and lentil in a bowl, wash under cold water a couple of times and soak into the water for at least 30 minutes, to reduce cooking time soak for 1 hour then drain extra water.
Add the green chilies and sugar and cook for another 5 minutes to the desired consistency. Continue with regular stirring to avoid the bengali khichdi from sticking to the bottom of the pan and burning Khichuri is best served hot along with some fries. The steam from a freshly cooked bengali khichdi evokes hunger and delight. Happy eating!
Small Grain Rice - this khichuri is made using traditional Bengali gobindbhog rice, however you can use broken basmati or any other small grain rice too. (Please DONOT use Jasmine rice). You can also ADD 1/4 Cup Red Lentil (Masoor Dhuli) if you like that.