Vrat Kuttu Buckwheat Khichdi
A wholesome Indian recipe crafted for health-conscious eating: nutritious, delicious, and easy to make at home.
Buckwheat (kuttu) simmered soft with potato and sendha namak — a filling vrat khichdi.
Kuttu khichdi is a fasting dish that tastes like a warm porridge. Buckwheat flour or groats cook with potato, cumin and green chilli and finish with ghee. It is eaten during Navratri.
Ingredients
How to Make It
Temper cumin and chilli.
Add potato, kuttu and water.
Cook soft porridge-like; finish ghee.
Nutrition per serving
* Approximate values per serving
Health Benefits
Gluten-free fasting grain with steady energy. Keep ghee measured.
Buckwheat is allowed on most fasting lists and cooks into a soft, comforting bowl. Potato adds bulk.
Pro Tips
- →Stir to avoid lumps if using flour.
- →Adjust water for thickness.
- →Serve with vrat aloo.
- →Roast the kuttu for a minute in ghee before adding water.
- →Stir constantly when adding the flour to avoid lumps.
- →Use sendha namak only.
A calorie note
Most of the calories in this dish come from a few ingredients. For reference, per 100 g: Ghee: about 876 kcal (about 40 kcal per teaspoon); Potato (raw): about 77 kcal. Measure these with a spoon or scale, because small changes here move the total more than anything else. Values are rounded from USDA FoodData Central and the Indian Food Composition Tables (IFCT 2017), as of 13 Oct 2026, and vary by variety and by table. General information, not medical advice.
Variations
- 1Add peanuts.
- 2Bottle gourd.
- 3Add roasted peanuts or a spoon of curd on the side.
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