Today let me share the recipe of a popular dish during Ramadan. Jeeraka kanji or cumin flavored rice soup or rice porridge is the most common dish in Malabar region especially for Ifthar. Jeera kanji is the traditional Gruel from Malabar cuisine. During this holy month, we always prefer comfort food and jeeraka kanji comes under this category. Paal kanji, payar kanji, uluva kanji, podiyari kanji are some of the most common varieties in rice porridge during Ramadan especially for athaazham (suhoor). But i must say that this jeera kanji is very much unique in taste. Though am not a big fan of rice porridge, i simply grab this(jeera kanji) for a sip whenever my mom make this for my dad. Its just fantastic ,even me too loved its taste.
More over, the monsoon months are considered to be the most appropriate time to consume rice porridge especially medicinal porridge. This is because its during monsoon we are more prone to sickness, digestive issues due to deterioration of immune system. So traditionally people solve all these problems by including different rice porridge in their diet. Here is one of those rice porridge which is best to solve all those digestive issues. It is Cumin flavored rice soup or jeera kanji recipe which is very simple and tastes fantastic. You can also add medicinal mix along with this porridge , but i just followed the traditional malabar recipe of jeera kanji.
White rice / short grain rice - 1 cup
Water
Salt
Coconut - half a cup
Turmeric - quarter tsp
Coriander seed - 1 tbsp (if using coriander powder, then add 1 tsp only)
Shallots - 3 nos
Cumin seed - half tsp to 1 tsp(add according to your taste)
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Shallots - 2 tbsp, chopped
More over, the monsoon months are considered to be the most appropriate time to consume rice porridge especially medicinal porridge. This is because its during monsoon we are more prone to sickness, digestive issues due to deterioration of immune system. So traditionally people solve all these problems by including different rice porridge in their diet. Here is one of those rice porridge which is best to solve all those digestive issues. It is Cumin flavored rice soup or jeera kanji recipe which is very simple and tastes fantastic. You can also add medicinal mix along with this porridge , but i just followed the traditional malabar recipe of jeera kanji.
INGREDIENTS
White rice / short grain rice - 1 cup
Water
Salt
FOR GRINDING
Coconut - half a cup
Turmeric - quarter tsp
Coriander seed - 1 tbsp (if using coriander powder, then add 1 tsp only)
Shallots - 3 nos
Cumin seed - half tsp to 1 tsp(add according to your taste)
FOR TEMPERING
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Shallots - 2 tbsp, chopped
PREPARATION
- Wash and cook the rice with enough water and let it cook well until soft.
- Mean while grind all the ingredients(given above for grinding) along with some water to a fine paste .
- Once the rice is done and becomes slightly thick, add this fine paste and mix well. There should not be more water in cooked rice while adding this paste.
- Add salt and can add water if required, to make this a gruel (kanji) consistency.
- Allow it to boil and off the flame when done.
- Heat a pan with ghee and roast the chopped shallots until golden. Pour this tempering over the prepared porridge (kanji).
- Serve hot.
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