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Treat your guests to these two warm, comforting and flavourful recipes at home

Make this offbeat ‘khichuri’ your festive treat this year and and team it up with traditional ‘kuler tok’ recipe

Saraswati Puja without khichuri? No chance! The home, smelling of ghee and gobindo bhog rice, the sound of crispy beguni being fried, and the thought of having kuler tok for the first time this season — ah, the bliss! Since Saraswati Puja is on Sunday this year, head to the kitchen and try the easiest offbeat khichuri, and kickstart the celebrations:

Ingredients:

• Gobindo bhog rice: 1 cup
• Moong dal: 1 cup
• Green pea paste: ½ cup
• Cinnamon stick: 1 large
• Bay leaves: 1 large
• Ghee: 5 tablespoons
• Salt: To taste
• Sugar: To taste

Recipe:

• Wash the rice and strain excess water
• In a kadhai, dry roast the moon dal and wash well. Drain any excess water
• In the same kadhai, add ghee and heat well. Add the bay leaves and cinnamon stick, and temper well
• Now add the green pea paste and cook well with some salt and sugar for 10-12 minutes on low heat
• Add the rice and dal and mix well, and add the seasonings. Cook for 7-8 minutes on low flame
• Add lukewarm water and cover. Cook until the rice and dal are cooked. Drizzle some ghee and enjoy.

Pair the khichuri with this kuler tok recipe and enjoy. 

— My Kolkata Web Desk

Also read: From ‘gota sheddho’ to ‘dadhikarma’: Three Bengali recipes for Saraswati Puja