Coconut Porridge - தேங்காய் கஞ்சி

Ingredients

Rice - 1/2 cup

Green gram (Moong dal) - 1 handful

Fenugreek (Methi) seeds - Little

Garlick - 10-15 cloves

Scrapped coconut - 1 half

Water - 3 cups

Method

Put the cooker on stove pour 3 cups of water and add rice, green gram, fenugreek seeds, peeled garlic cloves and scrapped coconut and leave it for 2 or 3 whistle or for 20 minutes. After opening the cooker you can have with buttermilk & salt. You can either serve it like rice and add buttermilk & salt and eat or make it water with the same combination.

Note: This is a very good medicinal food for stomach related problems.

Dal Rice - அரிசி பருப்பு சாதம்

Note:The preparation below is for 2 people.

Ingredients

Rice 250gms

Green Whole Mungdal 50gm

Tomato - 4 (Medium size) 

Grated coconut 1 small cup

Small onion 25gm or Big onion 2 nos

Green Chilli - 4 big 

Ginger little 1 inch

Garlic 5 cloves

Cinnamon stick 1 pc

Clove 2 pc

Fennell seeds little

Oil 2 tbsp

Curry leaves

Water 550ml

Salt to taste

Turmeric power a pinch

If need Sambar powder 1 tbsp

Method

Soak Mungdal for 10 min. Chop onion, tomato, chilli, ginger, garlic and keep it ready separately. 

Put the cooker pour oil put cinnamon stick (break into small pieces), fennell, clove. fry them for a minute. 

Now put the chopped onion, chilli, garlic, ginger and fry them for 1 to 2 min to cook them.  Now put tomato and again fry for a minute. After this add water and wait for it to boil and then put the grated coconut, turmeric powder, salt and if you require more spicy then add required sambar powder also now. 

Now while it is getting ready, wash the rice and keep it ready. Once the water reached boiling stage add the soaked mungdal and the rice to the boiling water. Close the cooker lid and leave 2 or 3 sounds as per your regular cooking. 

The Dal rice is ready. 

Serve it hot with Raitha (Onion, carrot or cucumber)