Nugalu Kanji / Rice Sooji Porridge

Name: Nugalu Kanji / Rice Sooji Porridge
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 7 min
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Sooji (or rice, or rice broken rice rice); 1 cup Water; Tadka (for); 1 tsp Desi Ghee; 1/4 tsp Jeera; to Serve; 2 tbsp Buttermilk (or milk milk); to Salt (or sugar sugar)

Shyamala Kumar
7 May, 2024

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About Nugalu Kanji / Rice Sooji Porridge

This simple, easy-to-make porridge recipe has been passed over many generations in my family. Delicious in taste and light on stomach, this kanji is more than porridge as it acts as a good remedy for sore throat and cough. Broken rice when cooked and tempered with desi ghee and jeera, lowers the body heat and becomes a natural coolant. Doctors prescribe this porridge for those who are recovering from fever as it is easily digestible. Moreover, this porridge can be given to toddlers also. Once cooked and tempered, this kanji can be savoured in two waysâ€¦ Either by adding little bit of milk and sugar or with thin buttermilk and salt. Both the versions taste great!!

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time2 minutes mins

Total Time7 minutes mins

Served AsBreakfast Brunch Dinner Lunch

Recipe TasteSalty Sour Spicy Sweet Tangy

Servings 2

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Ingredients

▢ 2 tbsp Sooji (or rice, or rice broken rice rice)
▢ 1 cup Water
▢ Tadka (for)
▢ 1 tsp Desi Ghee
▢ 1/4 tsp Jeera
▢ to Serve
▢ 2 tbsp Buttermilk (or milk milk)
▢ to Salt (or sugar sugar)

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Instructions

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Bring a cup of water to boil. Add rice sooji and let it cook.
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The amount of water varies with the type of the rice sooji. Add ½ cup of water more if needed. Rice sooji gets cooked very quickly in 1 or 2 minutes, so keep a check to avoid over cooking.
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In a small kadai, heat desi ghee and add jeera. When it splutters, switch off the flame and pour it over the kanji. Mix well.
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While serving, add 2-3 tbsp of milk/butter milk and sugar/salt. Mix well and serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

Cooked and tempered kanji stays fresh for 2 days when refrigerated. So, you can prepare till that step and just before serving, reheat and add milk/butter milk and sugar/salt.
While having this kanji as a remedy for fever, cold and cough, adding buttermilk can be avoided.

http://ssksblendsnflavours.blogspot.com/2016/11/nugalu-kanjirice-sooji-porridge.html

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5 Comments

Vrn Sgh

March 24, 2023 / 5:18 pm Log in to Reply

Looks so wonderful! Thanks for posting.
Nikhil Thakur

December 1, 2020 / 11:01 am Log in to Reply

Looks so incredible! Thank you for sharing.
Aanchal Kedia

December 18, 2018 / 12:21 pm Log in to Reply

Such a tempting dish! Thank you.
Pawan Mishra

November 22, 2016 / 11:35 pm Log in to Reply

This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing.
Kirti Misra

November 16, 2016 / 12:00 am Log in to Reply

It is a wholesome dish as Rice when added to Buttermilk will provide the carbs needed for recovering body. Thanks for the share.