Nombu Kanji - Ramzan Special
Spicy kanji or gruel made with rice, meat and mild spices
Ingredients
- ½ cup Lamb or beef minced
- 2 small Broken rice soaked in water and later drained
- ½ cup Green gram soaked in water and later drained, Cheruparipppu
- 1 cup Vegetables chopped
- 2 nos Onion thinly sliced, medium
- 1 no Tomato finely chopped, medium
- 3 nos Green chillies – 2
- Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Chilly powder
- ½ tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
- ½ no Coconut
- 1 – Cinnamon sticks Karugapatta
- 4 nos Cloves – 3 Grambu
- Salt As reqd
- Coriander leaves A little, chopped
- Mint leaves A few
- 1 – Ghee/oil
Instructions
- Heat oil or ghee in a pressure cooker.
- Splutter cumin seeds followed by cinnamon sticks and cloves.
- Add onion and green chillies and sautT till the onions turn light brown.
- Add the meat and sautT again till it too turns light brown.
- Add ginger-garlic paste and sautT till you get rid of the raw smell.
- Add tomato and sautT well till it gets blended well.
- Add turmeric powder and chilly powder and stir well.
- Add the vegetables, mix well and sautT for a while.
- Add green gram and broken rice and mix well.
- Fry the rice and dhal for a while.
- Add about 4 cups of water and mix well again.
- Add salt and mix well.
- Pressure cook for 5 v10 mins or till done.
- Add thick coconut milk and mix well, if more water is reqd.
- :- Serve hot or warm.
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