Khichda - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 kg chicken or 1 kg mutton, cut into small pieces
1 cup ghee
1/3 cup barley
1/4 cup yellow split peas (chana dal)
1/4 cup split red lentils (masoor dal)
1/4 cup yellow split lentils (tuvar dal)
1/4 cup split mung dal
1 cup bulgur (broken wheat)
12 -15 cups water
Paste
12 red chilies
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
12 garlic cloves
1 inch ginger
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garam masala
Garnish
fried slices onion
lime wedge

Preparation

Soak all the daals& wheat for 3 hours, then wash and drain well Grind red chillies, turmeric, garlic& ginger, salt into a paste Heat ghee, and fry the ground spice paste well Add meat, and stir fry for 5 minutes Add wheat and dals, with 12 cups of water Also add chopped mint and coriander and blend well, adding salt to taste.
Simmer on a low flame for 2 hours Serve hot garnished with fried onions, ghee and lemon slices.