Khichu

Khichu is a Gujarati dish, made with rice flour, small amount of oil and very few ingredients. It is very easy to make and gets ready in just 10 minutes.

Ingredients

1. Rice flour 1 cup
2. Water 3 1/2 cups
3. Carom seeds 1. tsp
4. Cumin seeds 1 tsp
5. Green chilli paste 1 tsp
6. Ginger paste 1 tsp
7. Salt to taste
8. Baking soda 1/4 tsp (Optional)
9. Oil 1 tbsp
10. Coriander leaves 1/4 cup (Optional)

Procedure

1. Start instant pot on SAUTE mode. Put water, cumin seeds, carom seeds and salt in insert of instant pot.
2. Let it boil.
3. Until water starts boiling, chop coriander, ginger, cumin seeds, green chilli in chopper.
4. Add that green masala from chopper to the boiling water and drizzle oil in instant pot.
5. Switch OFF the Instant Pot.
6. Now add rice flour to the boiling water. TIP :- adding rice flour and stirring with back of wooden spoon should be together. Try to avoid lumps.
7. Close the lid and set the whistle on SEALING mode.
8. Press the PORRIDGE button and set the temperature to low by pressing the ADJUST button. Set the timer for 2 minutes.
9. After 5-6 minutes khichu will be ready, open the lid and serve the hot khichu with a drizzle of some oil and sprinkle of peanut chutney or pickle masala.

Tips

1. You can flavor khichu with some dill leaves/Spinach purée/Beetroot purée/buttermilk.
2. I made the peanut chutney and served it with khichu, the combination of crunch of roasted peanuts and soft khichu is amazing to taste.
3. If making for kids under 2 years then green chilly is optional, green chilly can be replace with half pinch of black pepper powder.
4. Combination of rice and moong dal powder can be used to make khichu for kids.

Video Recipe