1.Wash green gram and soak in a bowl for 30 minutes.
2.Wash little millet rice and keep aside in a bowl.
3.Chop onion, green chillies and vegetables.
4.Heat oil in a medium-sized pan.
5.Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, chopped onions and green chillies and stir fry on a low flame for 2 to 3 minutes.
6.Add ginger garlic paste and stir fry for 2 minutes on a low flame.
7.Add all the vegetables, turmeric powder, tomato and stir fry for another 5 to 10 minutes.
8.Add green gram and water and heat it on a medium flame till the water boils.
9.Add the little millet rice to the pan.
10.Add salt as per taste.
11.Cover the pan and cook for 20 to 25 minutes. Keep stirring at regular intervals.
12.Once the little millet rice is cooked, garnish with chopped coriander leaves and ghee.
13.Piping hot little millet rice khichdi is ready to eat!
Special Programme for Promotion of Millets in Odisha
Directorate of Agriculture and Food Production, Dept. of A&FE, Govt. of Odisha
