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Brown rice khichuri

Goddess Kali is the founder of Bengali. Mother Kali is worshiped whole year round in Bengal. This new moon of Karthik is therefore very important to Bengalis. Kali Puja will be held in all big and small temples. Dress up since morning, Rob. On this day, however, Lakshmi Puja is held at Kalighat. Dipanvita Lakshmi is worshiped on this day in the house of Bengal. Many also worship Lakshmi-Ganesh on this special day. All in all, this day is very important for Bengalis. Generally there is a ritual of fasting throughout the day. There is, of course, a scientific side to this. If you are fasting, then you can do the rest of the puja. If you eat food on a full stomach, you don’t have the energy to do that. Besides, Puja means peace of mind, concentration is also very important.

Rice is not eaten on Puja days. At the end of the puja, the khichuri or polao that is offered as prasad is taken by all the devotees. Also, as a vegetarian, luchi and khichuri are also made at home. You can make brown rice khichuri at home on fasting days. This khichuri is as nutritious as it is delicious. On this day, many people do not even drink water throughout the day. But fasting has no such binding rules. Do as you can. This brown rice khichuri is very good to eat. See how to make it.

Take one cup of brown rice and stir well in a dry pan. Now soak it in water. Moong dal should also be soaked in hot water after shaking it in a dry pan. Cut the cauliflower and potatoes into large pieces. Fry the potatoes first with oil in a pan. Fry cauliflower and carrot one by one. Now boil the whole cumin seeds, hing and dry chillies in the mustard oil and add the soaked dal first. Now grind it with rice and add salt to taste, turmeric, cumin powder and dry chilli powder. Mix the water with the fried vegetables. When it boils, sprinkle sugar to taste, sprinkle fried spice powder and chopped green chillies and take it down. You can also add fried almonds and coconut flakes to the rice.