Gujarati Khichu - steamed rice flour with spices
Rice flour slowly added to the boiling mix of green chilli, cumin seeds and carom seeds until thick soft dough and then steamed.
Servings: 3
Ingredients
- 2¾ cup Water
- 1 cup Rice Flour
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds Jeera
- 1 tsp Carom Seeds Ajwain
- 1 tsp Chopped Green Chillies
- 1½ tsp Salt Or to taste
- ¼ tsp Baking Soda
Garnish
- ¼ cup Chopped Cilantro
- 1 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
- 3 tbsp Peanut Oil
- 1 tsp Achar Masala
Instructions
- Prepare a food steamer to steam the khichu.
- While the food steamer is getting ready, Start boiling 2¾ cups of water in a deep pot. Add chopped green chillies, salt, baking soda, cumin seeds (jeera) and carom seeds (ajwain).
- Slowly add 1 cup of rice flour to the boiling water and keep mixing it until you reach thick soft dough consistency. It should take about a minute or two to get to that consistency. Turn the heat off.
- Transfer khichu dough from the pot to the food steamer and steam it for 20 minutes.
- While the khichu is steaming, take 3 tbsp of peanut oil, chopped cilantro and roasted jeera powder in a big bowl for garnishing.
- Once the khichu is steamed, take the hot khichu out in a bowl that you prepared all the garnishing in and mix everything very well.
- Sprinkle some achar masala on the khichu and Serve it hot!
