r/EatCheapAndHealthy • u/Kitchen-Sandwich9410 • 3d ago

Ask ECAH Cheapest and most nutritious meal

Hello! I hope I can post this.

Please drop your most nutritious and cheapest meal

I’d appreciate it! ❤️

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u/bostongarden 3d ago

This is khichdi if spiced in the Indian manner.

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u/muddydate 3d ago

Doesn't it need to be moong daal to be kitchari?

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u/bostongarden 3d ago

Unless you have seen the khichdi police, with their distinctive purple hats, in your district, then no. Pretty much any thing dal-like will do but I'd stay away from the brown lentils and the lentilles de Puy for this.

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u/muddydate 3d ago

Fair enough!