Sola Khichdi

Sola Khichdi is a famous delicacy especially among the Surtis.

The word sola is Spanish and it means a baby and so I would regard Sola Khichdi as the baby of all Khichdis.

I personally love eating the sola khichdi just plain with coconut chutney or with any kind of an achaar. However, it is meant to be eaten with dahi or a soup. 

Ingredients

300 Gms Minced Mutton (Kheema)

1 Cup Rice

½ Cup Green Moong Dal

100 Gms Peas

6 Green Chilies

10-15 Garlic cloves

2 Onions

2 Tsp Jeera

2 Tsp Ginger Garlic Paste

3 Tsp Ghee

Mint Leaves to Garnish

Salt to Taste

Method

1. First boil mutton with ginger-garlic paste and water and keep aside.
2. Wash the rice and the dal and mix it.
3. In a pressure cooker, cook rice with the dal,1tsp ghee, peas, green chilies and salt in a cooker for one whistle.
4. Cut onions into slices and fry them in oil till brown.
5. Cut the garlic cloves.
6. You can then mash the rice. Add to this the cooked mutton.
7. In a pan, heat 1tsp ghee and fry the garlic.
8. Add jeera to the ghee and add this to the kheema khichdi and mix.
9. The khichdi should be soft.
10. Place the khichdi in a serving bowl and top it with brown onions and mint leaves.
11. In a kadai heat 1tsp ghee. When the ghee boils, pour it on the khichdi in the serving bowl.
12. Serve immediately after pouring the boiling ghee.
13. Eat with curd, soup or just plain would also be great.