Kerala Special Kanji Payar

Name: Kerala Special Kanji Payar
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For Kanji:; 1 cup Kerala matta rice; 4-5 cup Water; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 tsp Ghee; For Payar thoran:; 1/2 cup Green gram/ mung been; 3 Green chilli; 1 strand Curryleaves; 1 tsp Coconut oil; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp Urad dal; 5-6 Small onion; 1/8 cup Grated coconut; 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 tsp Salt

Aswani Vishnuprasad @cook_12258614

austin tx

#Protein
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, thengachamanthi(coconut chutney) and papad. It is easily digestible hence it is recommended food during sickness or 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.

Aswani Vishnuprasad @cook_12258614

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Ingredients

30 min

2 servings

For Kanji:
1 cupKerala matta rice
4-5 cupWater
1/2 tspSalt
1 tspGhee
For Payar thoran:
1/2 cupGreen gram/ mung been
3Green chilli
1 strandCurryleaves
1 tspCoconut oil
1 tspMustard seeds
1/2 tspUrad dal
5-6Small onion
1/8 cupGrated coconut
1/4 tspTurmeric powder
1 tspSalt

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Steps

30 min

1

Preparing kanji: Wash the rice and pressure cook it for 12 to 13 whistles in pressure cooker.
2

Preparing payar thoran: Pressure cook the mung been for 6 whistles.
3

Heat coconut oil in a pan/cheenachatti. Add mustard seeds, urad dal.
4

When mustard seeds splutter, add curry leaves, green chilli and small onion. Fry till onion is transparent.
5

Add Cooked green gram, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well.
6

Add grated coconut and cook for 2-3 mins. Switch off the flame.
7

Serving Kanji: In a bowl/plate take kanji. Add some ghee and salt into the kanji. Enjoy this kanji with papad/pappadam, green gram/payar thoran and thengachammathi/coconut chutney.