This is one of the traditional recipe and such a healthy recipe for you..It is such a hot hot summer here, this koozh just cools you instantly. I have many more version of koozh recipes, will share all of them soon..
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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 15 to 20 mins
Serves : 5
Ingredients :
Pearl Millet / Kambu / Bajra - 1 cup
Water - 3 cup
Salt to taste
For Making Koozh:
Shallots / Sambar Onion/ Chinna Ulli - 10 chopped finely
Green Chillies - 2 chopped finely
Sour Curd or Yogurt - 1 cup or as needed
Salt to taste
Method:
Take pearl millet in a bowl, add in ¼ cup of water, rub well. leave it for 5 mins. Take this in a blender and make it like a rava consistency or crush it lightly.
Take this in a blender and add in water. Cover and Pressure cook for 4 whistle. Simmer the flame and cook for 5 mins. turn off the heat and let the steam escape all by itself.
Open the cooker, add in salt and mix well.
Transfer the mix to a big plate, cool it lightly. Dip your hands in water and shape the mix into balls.
Put the balls in a bowl, cover with water and leave it in fridge as long as you need.
When making koozh, take the ball, mash it lightly with your hands, pour the water in which it was soaking.
Add in curd, green chillies, salt and shallots.
Mix well, Pour this in a earthernware pot and serve.
Pictorial:
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| I measure 1 cup of pearl millet / kambu |
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| Poured that into a bowl |
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| i just poured little water, say around ¼ cup |
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| rubbed with my hands really well, let this sit for 5 mins |
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| now take them in a blender |
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| i made it like rava consistency, but you can just crush it little |
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| look at the consistency |
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| I got around 2 cups of pearl millet rava from the 1 cup whole millet |
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| take them in a bleder |
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| add in 3 cups of water |
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| mix well |
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| Pressure cook |
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| It will be bit runny at this stage, but as soon it cools it will get thick |
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| i like to add little salt in my sadam |
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| i poured it into a large plate to cool down faster |
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| dip your hands in water |
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| take a healthy portion of this millet mix |
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| shape it into ball |
Mumtaz begum
I love koozh.. Is this which we get in temple?
Aarthi
@Mumtaz begumno that is different made from ragi, will share it soon
Akila
Hi mam, how long we should keep in refridgerator
Aarthi
@Akilau can keep it overnight
shanmuganathan rajakumari
Thank ur aarthi......by cing ur blog I start to cook.....god bless u and ur family.....ur doing good job aarthi......
pari pari
Dear aarthi y should we kept in refrigerator & hw many days Wil be keep in that.also r u adding water to the ball & refrigerator
Aarthi
@pari pariu can store this for 3 to 4 days in fridge. adding water will keep it moist and will ferment a little
Unknown
In ancient days they don't have refrigerator na? Then what is the traditional method?