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Cumin Porridge Recipe | Jeera Porridge | Jeeraka Kanji Recipe

Healthy matta rice porridge with jeera flavour. This broken rice porridge is so easy to make and is easy to digest as well.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Author: Aarthi

Ingredients

  • Broken Matta Rice - 1 cup
  • Salt to taste
  • Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
  • Water - 3 cups + as needed
  • Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam / Methi - 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste

FOR GRINDING:

  • Coconut - ½ cup
  • Shallots / Sambar Onion - 5
  • Cumin Seeds / Jeera - 2 tsp

FOR SEASONING:

  • Coconut Oil - 1 tblsp
  • Shallots / Sambar Onion - 10 sliced thinly
  • Curry leaves a handful

Instructions

  • Wash matta rice well. Take it in a pressure cooker. Add fenugreek, salt, turmeric and water. Pressure cook for 3 whistle. Once pressure is released. OPen the lid. add more water and mix well.
  • Grind ingredients given for grinding to a coarse paste.
  • Add this to the rice and salt. Mix well. Bring it to a boil.
  • Now heat coconut in a pan. fry shallots and curry leaves till crispy and pour this over the rice. mix well. Serve.

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