When I say Rice soup or kanji vellam in malayalam, it is known as is an energy drink, home remedy, hair care, plant food and cattle food. I had a very very long hair. My mother used to find it difficult to apply oil and wash it every weekend. Those days, shampoos are not known to us. We use the rice soup, seekai podi, hibiscus leaves to make the hair wash in place of shampoo. The kanji, after preparing the rice, the water is removed from the cooked rice and kept overnight. Next day morning, the seekai podi, hibiscus leaves crushed on a rough stone to make the "Thali", the sticky liquid form mixed with the kanji is applied on hair to remove the oil.
salt and little ghee is mixed in the hot kanji and drank as energy drink. It is quite healthy. The kanji diluted in water and cotton sarees, mudu etc. are dipped in it and put on the rope to dry and then it is sent for pressing (ironing). Cow fodder (pinnaku - the remains after extracting the oil from coconut, til etc) are mixed in the kanji and given to the cattles. The day old kanji is also put for the plants.
The above child hood memories reminded me when I today made rice and extracted the kanji from it. I thought of making soup out of it. I also had some vegetable stock after boiling some vegetables and beetroot for making some dish.
Let us look at the recipe now:
Preparation time: less than 10 minutes (if you have the ingredients ready with you)
serves: 1
Let us look at the recipe now:
1/2 cup vegetable stock ( i used beans, carrot, beetroot for making the stock)
1/2 cup kanji
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1/4 tsp crushed black pepper
salt to taste
1 tsp ghee
basil leaves and coriander leaves for garnishing.
Method:
Heat ghee in kadai. add the black pepper, saute for a second. add the vegetable stock, kanji in it and bring to boil. add the required amount of salt. remove from gas, allow to cool. Keep in fridge for an hour. serve chilled garnished with basil leaves and coriander leaves.
You can serve this hot also if you wish.
It is a good healthy drink. For thickening the soup, you can mash the cooked rice and add to it.
salt and little ghee is mixed in the hot kanji and drank as energy drink. It is quite healthy. The kanji diluted in water and cotton sarees, mudu etc. are dipped in it and put on the rope to dry and then it is sent for pressing (ironing). Cow fodder (pinnaku - the remains after extracting the oil from coconut, til etc) are mixed in the kanji and given to the cattles. The day old kanji is also put for the plants.
The above child hood memories reminded me when I today made rice and extracted the kanji from it. I thought of making soup out of it. I also had some vegetable stock after boiling some vegetables and beetroot for making some dish.
Let us look at the recipe now:
Preparation time: less than 10 minutes (if you have the ingredients ready with you)
serves: 1
Let us look at the recipe now:
1/2 cup vegetable stock ( i used beans, carrot, beetroot for making the stock)
1/2 cup kanji
1/4 tsp crushed black pepper
salt to taste
1 tsp ghee
basil leaves and coriander leaves for garnishing.
Method:
Heat ghee in kadai. add the black pepper, saute for a second. add the vegetable stock, kanji in it and bring to boil. add the required amount of salt. remove from gas, allow to cool. Keep in fridge for an hour. serve chilled garnished with basil leaves and coriander leaves.
You can serve this hot also if you wish.
It is a good healthy drink. For thickening the soup, you can mash the cooked rice and add to it.
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