Khichdi is an Indian dish eaten all over India, especially in the Northern regions and thus varies in how its made and what its served with. A comfort food the staple ingredients are lentils and rice served with a side of yogurt based soup either hot (kadhi) or cold (chaas).I made my version of my favorite with split moong dal and replaced the rice with quinoa. I love kadhi but never with my khichdi. So I made some chaas.
Split Moong & Quinoa Khicdhi ingredients include:
2 1/4 cup split moong
2 1/4 cup quinoa
1 potato, diced
1/2 a large onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp green chili, minced
1 inch ginger, minced
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp turmeric
1tsp garam masala
a pinch of red chili powder
a small piece of cinnamon bark
2 cloves
Chaas
Organic Full fat yogurt and water, with salt and cumin (the Bub was served only yogurt with her khichdi)
We weren't sure how she'd take to it since unlike the 2 inch finger sized pieces of food she's been given, it was all granular and mushy, even the potatoes were just in chunks. So we decided to also give her a spoon to see what she would do.
At first she just grabbed at the khichdi and sort of scooped at the yogurt trying to bring it to her mouth. But then after a few tries she also started opening her fist a bit so she could sort of mash the food onto her lips. The spoon she just gnawed on until i filled it with flattened some khichdi onto it and put it down. She picked it right up and put it in her mouth! Once or twice she got the the curved side in facing up and the food slid off before it could go into her mouth but then she figured it out.
So every few minutes or so i'd put some food onto the spoon and place it back down on the tray. Sometimes she went for the spoon other times she ate with her hands. Either way she made sure to get it everywhere including her nose, eyes, chin, underarms and of course, her mouth :)
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