RICE STARCH CALULIFLOWER GREENS SAMBAR

Rice Starch, Kanji is very good for health.  It can also be used as starch for the cotton clothes, washing hair, face, body etc.  During my childhood, my mother used to keep the rice water (kanji) overnight and used for washing hair along with Shikakai   powder.

Since the Kanji is beneficial, I thought of making sambar with the kanji.  Let us look at the recipe now:

watch the video : rice starch cauliflower greens sambar
 Ingredients:

2 cups of kanji (rice water)
5-6 shallots
1/2 cup cauliflower greens chopped. 




1 tomato chopped
2 tbsp cooked dal (any dal, masoor, moong or tuvar)
2 tbsp sambar powder
a small piece of jaggery or half tsp sugar
2 tbsp tamarind pulp
1 garlic papad (Lijjat)
1 tsp ghee
salt
turmeric powder

tempering:

1 tsp ghee
1 tsp mustard seeds
few curry leaves
hing powder 
1 bhor chilli

garnishing:

chopped coriander leaves.

Method:

soak the papad in the kanji. 
heat ghee in kadi, add the shallots and saute till soft.
add the greens and saute
add the tamarind pulp and cook for a while
add the kanji, sambar powder, salt, turmeric and cook till the veggies are done.
add the dal and cook for few minutes
temper with the ingredients mentioned and garnish with coriander leaves.
serve hot with rice, chapati, phulka

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How to make rice water:

Cook the rice in a pot directly on stove top with extra water.  after the rice is cooked, extract the water from it.


Some benefits of Kanji is given below:


Let us first see the health benefits:

• instantly energizes the body due to the high concentration of carbohydrates
• provides instant relief from diarrhea
• has been used successfully to treat gastroenteritis
• prevents cancer
• controls high blood pressure
• helps in preventing Alzheimer's disease
• reduces the body temperature or internal heat of the body
• prevents constipation

In short, I would say it provides all the health benefits that eating rice would provide. But, more than that, rice water has been used as a face wash and a hair wash.

• Washing your face with rice water makes your skin very soft and it also helps in improving the complexion
• Is a great substitute for toner and firms up your skin
• Helps in reducing the size of the pores on your skin
• Washing your hair with rice water brings shine in the hair and helps to keep it healthy. Follow up with cold water rinse.
• Use rice water as part of your face, body and hair masks and scrubs
• Use rice water for having bath or pour rice water in the tub or bucket
• Powdered rice grains are also used as body scrub and they make your skin extra soft