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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Rice-Ulunthu Kanji

Ingredients
Rice : Ulunthu - 1:4 - for one person - rice - 1/4 cup, ulundhu 2 spoons
Vendhayam - 1 spoon
poondu - big one - 3 - cut into small pieces

Preparation
1. Boil all the above with 3-4 times water in a thick bottomed vessel till soft.
Alternatively, soak for about half an hour and cook in pressure cooker with 1.5 cups of water.
2. Add little salt and allow to boil.
3. Add 1/4 cup milk when done
4. Let it boil once.

Remove and serve hot.

Goes well with Ellu Thovayal (Roast Ellu 2 spoons, coconut 1 spoon, red chilli 2-3, dhaniya 1 spoon, Asfoetida/hing a pinch, and salt to taste, can add about 1-2 spoons of channa dhal for quantity)

2 comments:

  1. thank you for the recipe. this is a super remedy for back pain in women. Dr.S.Suganthi

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  2. Thanks for your response Dr.Suganthi. Yes, you are very right...
    I learnt this recipe from my sister in law and i believe it has a cooling effect as well.

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