Chilkawali Moong Dal Masala Khichdi

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup split moong bean (with skin, chilkawali moong dal)
• 1/2 cup basmati rice (or any long grained rice)
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cardamom pod
• 10 whole black pepper (mari)
• 2 cinnamon stick
• 2 cloves
• 2 dry red chili
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds (rai)
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
• 1/2 tsp asafoetida (hing)
• 10 curry leaves
• 1 onion (sliced, It tastes better when cut thinly sliced instead finely chopped)
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 cup eggplant (cut into small pieces)
• 1 small potato (cut into small pieces. you can leave the peel on too. Just wash the potato very nicely.)
• 1/4 cup fresh pigeon peas (tuvar dana lilva)
• 1/4 cup fresh lima beans (surti papdi lilva)
• 1 tbsp peanut
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
• 2 tsp red chili powder (I had used kashmiri chili powder)
• 2 tsp coriander cumin powder
• 1/4 tsp garam masala (optional)
• 4 1/2 cups water
• salt (to taste)