Moong Sama Chashwali Khichdi is a Gluten Free, millet based Nutritious One pot meal. Perfect for brunch or a light dinner.
When millets replace rice in most of our meals at home.
Moong little millet khichdi is again adapted from Hare moong ki chaashwali khichdi . I simply subbed the rice with millet and made some changes to the original recipe, adapting to what we like at home. Over the years, we have had runaway success with replacing rice with whole grains and millets like Millet Set Dosa, Ragi/ Finger millet Idli, little milet pongal and many many more recipes with millets. As it’s scorching hot right now and being in the kitchen for more than 20 mins is not feasible, this is again a life saver kind of meal where dump it all and cook works brilliantly.
How you can customise this recipe? Tips to make a Tasty Sama Moong khichdi
- I have made this onion-garlic free, feel free to add them. Again, little millet is used here, if using rice / brown rice / other millets, the cook time would vary
- For a more wholesome version (which we keep making), add a cup of fresh / frozen vggies (broccoli/ cauliflower / french beans / carrots / peas work well) and sauteed greens like we did here.
- If you are vegan, try subbing the homemade yogurt here with a vegan curd. Or entirely skip it for a differently tasting khichdi.
- Use slightly sour buttermilk if you are not using tomatoes
- Add Garam masala, coriander powder, green chilly paste to make this more spicy.
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A quick GF khichdi recipe made with buttermilk, let’s see how to make it
What you need to make Moong-Sama Chashwali Khichdi:
- 1/2 cup Little millet (Sama / Samai / Kuki)
- 1/2 tsp Ghee (sub with oil for a vegan version)
- 1 tsp cumin (Jeera)
- 2 cups homemade Buttermilk (lightly whisk 1 cup thick homemade yogurt with 1 cup water)
- 1/2 cup whole green moong (can sub with moong sprouts too)
- 1 Tomato (optional, I didn’t use)
- 1 tsp Salt (or to taste)
- 2 Broken red chillies
- 2 green chillies (slit length wise)
- 1/2 tsp Crushed black pepper
- 1/2 tsp ginger (grated / minced)
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric
- 1/2 cup Mixed veggies ( you may add potatoes, carrots, green peas, french Beans etc)
- 1/4 cup greens (I used amaranth/chawli/arakeerai,optional)
PIN FOR LATER
How to to make Moong-Sama Chashwali Khichdi:
- Wash and rinse samai several times till the water turns clear.
- Soak for 15 mins in hot water while the veggies are getting chopped
- In a pressure cooker, add ghee or oil.
- Splutter jeera, both the chillies. Add the carrots and chopped greens, sauté for 1/2 mins.
- Add salt, Turmeric, ginger , black pepper and sauté for further 2 mins
- Now add the soaked and drained Samai, soaked moong (moong needs to be soaked for at least 6-8 hours or overnight, at this stage if you have previously cooked moong, you can add it too) and mix thoroughly.
- Add buttermilk and pressure cook for exactly 2 whistles.
- Let the pressure drop on its own. Mix / mash up a bit. Serve hot.
Moong Aur Sama ki Chaashwali Khichdi | One Pot Millet meals
Moong Sama Chashwali Khichdi is a Gluten Free, millet based Nutritious One pot meal. Perfect for brunch or a light dinner.
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
- Knife and Cutting Board
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Little millet Sama / Samai / Kutki
- 1/2 tsp Ghee sub with oil for a vegan version
- 1 tsp cumin Jeera
- 2 cups homemade Buttermilk lightly whisk 1 cup thick homemade yogurt with 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup whole green moong can sub with moong sprouts too
- 1 Tomato optional, I didn’t use
- 1 tsp Salt or to taste
- 2 Broken red chillies
- 2 green chillies slit length wise
- 1/2 tsp Crushed black pepper
- 1/2 tsp ginger grated / minced
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric
- 1/2 cup Mixed veggies you may add potatoes, carrots, green peas, french Beans etc
- 1/4 cup greens I used amaranth/chawli/arakeerai,optional
Instructions
- Wash and rinse samai several times till the water turns clear.
- Soak for 15 mins in hot water while the veggies are getting chopped
- In a pressure cooker, add ghee or oil.
- Splutter jeera, both the chillies. Add the carrots and chopped greens, sauté for 1/2 mins.
- Add salt, Turmeric, ginger , black pepper and sauté for further 2 mins
- Now add the soaked and drained Samai, soaked moong (moong needs to be soaked for at least 6-8 hours or overnight, at this stage if you have previously cooked moong, you can add it too) and mix thoroughly.
- Add buttermilk and pressure cook for exactly 2 whistles.
- Let the pressure drop on its own. Mix / mash up a bit. Serve hot
Notes
How you can customise this recipe? Tips to make a Tasty Sama Moong khichdi
- I have made this onion-garlic free, feel free to add them. Again, little millet is used here, if using rice / brown rice / other millets, the cook time would vary
- For a more wholesome version (which we keep making), add a cup of fresh / frozen vggies (broccoli/ cauliflower / french beans / carrots / peas work well) and sauteed greens like we did here.
- If you are vegan, try subbing the homemade yogurt here with a vegan curd. Or entirely skip it for a differently tasting khichdi.
- Use slightly sour buttermilk if you are not using tomatoes
- Add Garam masala, coriander powder, green chilly paste to make this more spicy.
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Khichdi and achaar is a favorite combo meal for adults in my family. Your millet version khichdi looks wonderful and with that mango pickle must have taste yum. And thanks for the mention.
True… Very difficult to cook in the scotching sun. Love this one pot dishes. We can add all our favorite ingeeingredqnd cook in my one shot.healthy kichadi..
Khichadis are a blessing ! A Sama Khichadi with buttermilk sounds so cool – great for summer , just like your curd rice – but with a protein element . Good pick for the theme .
With the heat increasing, it is really tough to stay in kitchen. This type of one pot recipes are super cool. Love your version of the saamai kichdi. It looks amazing.
Kichidi with buttermilk sounds yummy. Protein packed food.
Wow! that is a neat adaptation, Kalyani. I feel sama is very close to rice and easy interchangeable.
That must have surely been so good Kalyani, ever since making these khichdis I feel its one of the easiest ones we can cook.
This is soo good ya. Especially with that manga oorugai, I am just drooling over.
Interesting recipe and quick specially during this hot summers. Sama is a good replacement for rice.
Dump all and cok kind of meals are the best to cook in scorching heat..Chass adds on to the digestive properties of food.Love such meals especially with the mango pickle on side.
Delicious khichdi with millet instead of rice, a nice alternative to people who cannot eat rice. I made this for quick lunch and it turned out very good.
Thank you so much,Renu for trying this & so glad it worked for you too
Nice, easy to make one pot meal during summer. Liked the use of millet here. The addition of buttermilk must have given a good taste to it.
Thanks Jayashree, yes the buttermilk is key
Wow kalyani, this is brilliant, though i make millet khichdi often, never tried with chaash! i can imagine the slight sourness from the chaash. Will try this version soon!
Yes, the millets and buttermilk is a game changer here.. Thanks Priya
Oooh this is new to me. I have had the South Indian koozhs and kanjis with buttermilk, but my first time cooking with buttermilk. Sure, do say it is comforting on a winter night.
Truly and 100% comforting, Seema. Thanks for trying this out