Khichdi Kebabs With Leftover Khichdi | Rice And Dal Khichdi Kebabs

Khichdi Kebabs

Khichdi Kebabs – a delectable recipe using leftover khichdi. Khichdi is a preparation made with rice and lentils. If you have excess khichdi left, don’t fret – there’s a great way to utilize leftover khichdi! Just make Khichdi Kebabs – it’s an easy, quick and a delicious way to use up all that extra khichuri sitting in your refrigerator!

Khichdi Kebabs

Khichdi is a nutritious one-pot meal of rice, lentils, veggies and minimal spices cooked together till soft and mushy. Delicious and healthy patties made with leftover Moong Dal Khichdi is a healthy vegetarian recipe. Nice and crunchy on the outside with wonderful flavours oozing from the inside. Khichdi kebabs or rice and lentil patties are ideal as a side with rice and rasam or serve them as a snack with evening tea/coffee.

Khichdi Kebabs Recipe:

Rice and lentil patties with onion, green chillies and spices are a high-protein food and an ideal choice for vegetarians. Place the khichdi patties between two slices of buttered toast and you have a healthy and tasty sandwich. Serve green chutney or ketchup as an accompaniment. Nobody would ever be able to tell that this vegetarian delicacy is made from leftover moong dal khichdi!

To make khichdi patties, firstly take the moong dal khichuri in a mixing bowl. Mash it well till there are no lumps.

Then add finely chopped onions, green chillies, coriander leaves, garam masala powder, salt (add very little as the khichdi already contains salt) and lemon juice.

Mix well. Next add besan and combine all the ingredients together.

Divide the mixture into equal sized balls and gently flatten them a little bit.

Heat some oil in a non-stick tava over medium heat. Place the khichuri kababs on the pan.

Fry them till both sides are golden brown.

Finally, remove the browned khichdi patties onto a kitchen towel.

Serve Khichdi Kebabs with tomato ketchup or mint chutney.

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Rice and Lentil Kebabs Recipe details below:

Leftover Khichdi Kebabs Recipe

Khichdi cutlet is a wonderful dish with leftover khichuri. So crunchy outside and so deliciously chewy inside, this savoury treat made with khichdi, enhanced with onions, chillies, coriander leaves, spices and gram flour, shaped into flattened discs and pan-fried to a crispy brown, is an excellent way to jazz up leftover dal rice! So simple, yet so very tasty.

Course Side Dish, Snacks, Starter

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings 4

Calories 115kcal

Author Shil

Ingredients

1½ cups Leftover Khichdi
1 medium Onion, finely chopped
2 Green chillies, finely chopped
2 tbsp Coriander leaves, finely chopped
¼ tsp Salt
¼ tsp Lemon juice
⅛ tsp Garam masala
¼ cup Besan/Gram flour
2 tbsp Oil

Instructions

To make khichdi patties, take leftover khichdi in a bowl and mash well.
Add all the ingredients except oil and mix well.
Make small balls of the khichuri mixture and gently flatten them.
Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan. Place the khichdi patties on the pan and fry them to a nice brown.
Remove onto a kitchen towel
Serve hot Khichdi Kebabs with tomato ketchup or green chutney.