Kerala Style Kanji Payar Recipe
Kanji Payar Recipe is comfort food of Kerala. It is healthy, tasty and simple. Kanji is rice gruel and it is had hot with green gram (moong) thoran and papad. It is easily digestible hence it is recommended food during sickness or when you have a stomach upset. Green gram is a super food for weight loss and is loaded with vitamins. The papad can be deep fried or roasted on low flame. This recipe calls for no oil at all.
Ingredients
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1 cup Red matta rice
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1 cup Green Moong Dal (Whole)
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1/2 cup Fresh coconut
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grated
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2 cloves Garlic
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1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
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1 Green Chilli
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finely chopped
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1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
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2 sprig Curry leaves
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Salt
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to taste
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4 Papad
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Kanji Payar Recipe, wash and add rice and salt to a pressure cooker along with 4 cups of water
Step 2
Pressure cook for 6 -7 whistle on high heat and lower the heat and cook for 15 minutes
Step 3
After 15 minutes turn off the heat
Step 4
Let the pressure release naturally and then open the pressure cooker
Step 5
Add more water if required to adjust the consistency of the rice Kanji