Neeragaram recipe with step by step pictures. Pazhaya Sadam or pazhayathu is a delicious dish which is highly nutritious. It is also known as ice biryani. Leftover Day Old Fermented Rice Porridge or Pazhaya Sadam, Pazhaya Kanji, Fermented Kanji, Neeragaram. Which ever way you call this, it is such a healthy recipe.
Neeragaram Recipe
This is in fact not a recipe at all. This is the most common way when we enjoy our leftover rice on hot summer days. Right now it is raining her but few weeks back summer was at its peak here. At those time hubby demanded me to make this for his breakfast daily. So what i do it i take a big spoonful of rice and put it in the pot, cover with water and leave it overnight. Next day i just add salt and curd..This is such a cooling dish, you can almost instantly feel the soothing effect of it.
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About Neeragaram
Healthy and very nutritious recipe made using leftover rice. This fermented rice porridge had with the tangy, spicy tamarind pachadi is amazing. This is best had with some raw peeled shallots, green chillies or pickles or even fried curd chillies..
Benefits of Neeragaram
1)It is a natural coolant.
2)It helps remove toxins in the body.
3)Builds immunity in body.
4)Makes body shiny.
5)Builds stamina, strength.
Ingredients for Neragaram
- Leftover cooked Rice - 1 cup
- Water - 2 cup or more
- Salt to taste
- Yogurt / Curd - ½ cup
- Sambar Onion / Shallots - as needed peeled
- Green chillies optional
How to make Neeragaram
- Take a earthernware pot and add rice to it, cover with water and cover the pot and set aside overnight.,
- Now next day, add more water, curd and salt. Mix well.
- Add in some sliced shallots and chillies to this and serve cold.
Neeragaram Recipe step by step pictures
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| This is best when did in a earthernware pot.. I bought this beautiful pot just for this recipe |
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| It has a lid as well |
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| Take some cooked leftover rice |
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| add it in the pot |
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| cover with water |
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| cover it and set aside overnight |
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| the next day it must have got little sour |
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| Add more fresh water |
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| Mix well |
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| Add some thick yogurt..Sour yogurt is best for this |
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| add in salt |
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| give a good mix..taste to adjust seasoning |
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| add in some chopped shallots.. |
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| Serve with more shallots |
Uppum Puliyum - Side Dish for Pazhaya Sadam
This is our favorite side dish for neeragaram or pazhaya sadam. It is made with chillies, shallots and tamarind.
Healthy and very nutritious recipe made using leftover rice. This fermented rice porridge had with the tangy, spicy tamarind pachadi is amazing.
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Neeragaram Recipe | Pazhaya Sadam Recipe | Pazhayathu
Ingredients
- 3 cups Leftover Cooked Rice
- Salt to taste
- Water as needed
FOR UPPUM PULIYUM:
- 1 lime size Tamarind
- ½ cup Water
- 10 Shallots chopped finely
- 5 Dry Red Chilli
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Coconut Oil
Instructions
- Take your leftover rice and add water to it till the rice is completely covered.Let it sit at room temp overnight.
- Take next day, take the rice and add salt to it, mash it well using hands and add more water as needed. This is pazhaya sadam.
- For Uppum puliyum, take tamarind and soak in some water for 10 mins. Squeeze and remove the pulp. Strain it.
- Now add in salt, onions and mix well.
- Take dry red chillies and roast it in open flame till it is toasted. Crush it well and add to the tamarind mix.
- Add coconut oil and mix well.
- Serve with pazhaya sadam.
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Pictorial:
1)Take tamarind in a bowl.
2)Add water and soak it for 10 mins. Squeeze and remove all the pulp.
3)Strain it
4)Take the tamarind pulp in a bowl
5)Add salt
6)Add chopped sambar onions
7)Take some red chillies
8)Toast till it is charred
9)Take it in a chopping board and crush it
10) This adds so much flavour
11)Add it in
12)Mix well
13)Add coconut oil
14)Mix well. Done.
15)I soaked cooked rice in some water overnight.
16)Next morning take it in a bowl.
17)Add salt
18)Mash well
19)Done
20)Serve with tamarind mix
Jayashree
I have been hearing so much of this lately. With summer approaching, I do need to try this. Nice share.
chitra
My mom makes this often. but she use green chilly instead of dry chillies. so deliciious dish.
Vinod
Instead of coconut oil can i use sesame oil?
Aarthi
yes u can
Ramya
Tried this yesterday. Loved the pull so much. A darn good combination!