Masala Kanji (Masala Rice Porridge)

Ingredients for Masala Kanji (Masala Rice Porridge):

1.Raw rice (Pachari) – ¾ cup

   Salt and water – As required

2. Oil – 2 big spoons

3. Cinnamon – 1 piece

    Cloves – 2

4. Shallots cut into pieces – 2 big spoons

    Carrot cut into pieces – 2 big spoons

    Beans cut into pieces – 1 big spoon

    Garam masala powder – 1 pinch

    Bengal gram daal – 1 big spoon

5. Coconut scrapped – 1 cup

    Shallots – 4

    Cumin seeds – 1 small spoon

6. Ghee – 2 big spoons

How to prepare Masala Kanji (Masala Rice Porridge)?

1. Wash rice and cook it adding sufficient water and salt.

2. Heat oil and sauté ingredients no: 3.

3. Then add ingredients no: 4 and sauté again.

4. Add this mixture to the almost cooked boiling kanji and boil well.

5. Add a little water to ingredients no: 5 and extract thick coconut juice.

6. Add this coconut milk to Masala Kanji, mix well and heat it. (Never boil)

7. Add ghee, mix well and put the flame off.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine June 1-14, 2016

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