Believe it or not, Khichuri is the property of the father of Bengalis. Don't mix oil and water, this combination of rice and pulses in Bengal is a historical fact from the time of Ishwari Patni.
Khichuri's triumph can be heard in Bengal from the time of Alexander's 'Really Seleucus'. Ibn Battuta, a world traveler from North Africa, says in a travelogue written in the mid-fourteenth century that he saw Khisri being made from mung beans and rice in this 'hell-e-pur niyamte' ('abundant hell', meaning Bengal ). Khichuri is also mentioned in the writings of Nikitin, a Russian tourist who came to this country after Batuta. During the reign of King Akbar, Abul Fazl in his 'Ain-i-Akbari' gave the recipe of Khichuri of seven kichim. How Birbal cooked khichuri and taught it to Akbar is in 'Birbal's Gossip'.
Believe it or not, Khichuri is the property of the father of Bengalis. Don't mix oil and water, this combination of rice and pulses in Bengal is a historical fact from the time of Ishwari Patni.
Khichuri's triumph can be heard in Bengal from the time of Alexander's 'Really Seleucus'. Ibn Battuta, a world traveler from North Africa, says in a travelogue written in the mid-fourteenth century that he saw Khisri being made from mung beans and rice in this 'hell-e-pur niyamte' ('abundant hell', meaning Bengal ). Khichuri is also mentioned in the writings of Nikitin, a Russian tourist who came to this country after Batuta. During the reign of King Akbar, Abul Fazl in his 'Ain-i-Akbari' gave the recipe of Khichuri of seven kichim. How Birbal cooked khichuri and taught it to Akbar is in 'Birbal's Gossip'.
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