Maxime's Family Recipe - Khichuri

My aunt always makes this special dish for me because I am vegetarian. This dish is a mixture of mung dal ( a yellow lentil) and rice. It is high in protein.

2 cups rice, long grain white rice

1 cup lentils, or 1 cup mung dal

1 onion chopped

2 oz. ginger root, thinly sliced

4 fresh garlic cloves, in halves

2 cinnamon sticks 2 inch long

3 cardamon pods

1 tea spoonful tumeric

2 bay leaves

1/4 cup oil

2 table spoonful butter

4 cups warm water

Salt to taste

Wash rice and lentils thoroughly. Put them in a pan. Add all ingredients. Bring to boil in high heat. Turn down heat to minimum. Keep lid on. Cook for 30 to 35 minutes.