As Medicine: Eating bean khichdi can help with digestive problems.
Cooking Without Prior Boiling: Yes, but requires soaking
Boiling Before Cooking: Yes can be done
Pickling: N/A
Brining: N/A
Fermenting: N/A
Drying for later Consumption: Yes
Overall Method: Can be eaten when boiled.
Daal recipe:
- Soak daal for a couple of hours, then drain and rinse
- Boil the soaked daal then let it simmer
- Season the dal with garlic, ginger, chilis, haldi, and coriander.
Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits
Nutritional Benefit: Rich in proteins.
Medicinal Benefit: Gut healing, fever reducer, diuretic, useful in treatment of eye ailments, anti-inflammatory, wound healing
Tribal Wisdom
Tribal Wisdom: Eating bean khichdi can help with digestive problems.
Recipes / Usage
Tribal Recipe / Usage: Pesara dosa:
- Soak the daal for at least 4 hours
- Ground it to a smooth paste with ginger, salt, and chilis.
- Pour the batter onto a heated pan with oil. Flip if required.
