Wash rice and dal and add it to the pressure cooker with 5 cups of water, turmeric and salt and cook until four whistles. Let the pressure come down itself.
To make dal khichdi, heat oil in a pot. Add all the whole spices to it. Add mustard seeds and let it crackle. Add cumin seeds and curry leaves to it and mix it well. Now add finely chopped potatoes to it and cook it for 5 minutes.
Add finely chopped onion to it and saute it until light pink in colour. Now add ginger, garlic and green chilli paste to it and mix everything well. Add all the dry spices to it and add half cup of water to it. Now add finely chopped tomatoes to it and mix everything well. Let it cook for 5 to 7 minutes on medium heat.
Now add boiled rice and dal mix to it and add water to it to make it semi thick. Mix everything well and let it cook for 5 minutes.
To prepare tadka, in a small pan take ghee and add mustard seeds to it and let it crackle. Now add cumin seeds, hing, curry leaves and dry red chilli to it. Add finely chopped garlic to it and saute until light pink in colour. Turn off the heat and add red chilli powder to it. Pour this tadka over the prepared dal khichdi.
Serve dal khichdi with curd, roasted papad and pickles.
