Chukku Kanji is one of the main dishes used for breaking the Ramadan fast back home. This would be the main dish that you would have after breaking the fast, eating dates and drinking a glass of juice (mostly lemon juice at my home). This Kanji is accompanied with Kaya Thoran or Kaya Odachathu (Recipe coming soon!) or Kappa together with Meen Curry. Chukku (Dry Ginger) has a lot of medicinal properties which is supposed to be good for your fasting stomach. A cup of this porridge is the tastiest thing, especially after not eating or drinking anything the whole day from dawn to dusk. It is also good when you have stomach problems and cannot take any solid foods.
Serves 8-10 people
Rice | - 1 1/2 cup |
Water | - 11 1/2 cups |
Grated Coconut | - 1/2 cup |
Cumin Seeds | - 1 1/2 tsp |
Dry Ginger (Chukku) | - 2 big pieces (0.7 oz) |
Salt | - to taste |
1. In a pressure cooker, boil the rice with 4 cups of water until 3 whistles. We want the rice to be mashed a little.
2. Grind Coconut with Cumin and 1/4 cup of water to a fine paste.
3. When the pressure is gone, open the cooker and add the remaining water (or as much as you need based on your consistency requirement).
4. Break the dry ginger into smaller pieces and add it to the cooker and stir well.
5. Add the ground coconut paste and salt to the cooker and mix well.
6. Let the mixture come to a boil and turn off the stove.
Chukku Kanji (also known as Nombu Kanji) is worth a try, even when you are not fasting.
This goes to the Iftar Moments event hosted by Ayeesha of Taste of Pearl City.
That is a delectable delight!!!! I would love to savor the whole cuppa!!!! WOW!!!!
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Very healthy and delicious.. Gr8 clicks too.. Happy Friendship Day !!
ReplyDeleteNice Post....but this is only one variety among the innumerable varieties of Ramdhaan Porridges...People make different flavours of Porridges through out the districts of Kerala especially in North Malabar...How abt the lentil Porridge or the Payar Kanji which is simply nutritious and droolworthy......
ReplyDeleteLotz of dishes to be experimented during the
'Holy Month of Ramdhan' -
My Advance Ramdhan Mubarak.........!
healthy congee,perfect for the season...
ReplyDeletetotally new.. looks interesting n comforting..
ReplyDeletehealthy n nutritiuos recipe with nice presentation dear. Happy Friendship day.
ReplyDeleteEthu adipoli!!!njan ethuvare chukku kanji try cheythittilla!Will give a try...Thx for sharing.
ReplyDeleteVery Easy and Healthy Looking Porridge. Thanks for posting this recipe.
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wow!! good one..i would really like to haev some now :)
ReplyDeletewow...This is so so good...
ReplyDeleteIt is a special occasion dish for us too. Ours is a simpler version with just the dried ginger
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ReplyDeletechukku kanji looks so tasty and refreshing to have a after a fast...there are so many dishes that we indians have to satisfy every celebration...thanks for sharing..happy friendship day
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Sounds good and healthy.....
ReplyDeleteWow ethu adipoli annanallo..sounds so good and healthy.
ReplyDeleteHealthy and refreshing kanji ...Good way to break the fast !!
ReplyDeleteChukku kanji!aadyayittanu kelkunne.Healthy and delicious!
ReplyDeleteNever heard of chukku kanji before, looks like a must-try..Simple and easy recipe..
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Some how I am missing your blogs. Now I saw I had missed quite a few..well better late than never. There is some problem in my dash board.
I like this recipe, it is so new for me..will try soon..
So what are the recipe plans for Ramadan and Iftar.. In Kuwait , I used to stay with a Muslim family asnd Ramadan time was great fun for me ...
Have a nice week ahead
wow ive never heard of kanji with ginger..have had it with garlic though and im jus imagining it with some fish curry or beef fry..yummmeeee
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ReplyDeleteHealthy congee. perfect for the season...
ReplyDeleteVery healthy breakfast, dry ginger very good for digestion....
ReplyDeleteNever tasted this before. Sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteSounds good, good for health..
ReplyDeletenice kanji i make in another way and i call it jeeraka kanji...........will try urs sure......if u get time pls drop in my space......www.fajishotpot.blogspot.com
ReplyDeletethats a very delicious kanji.. really good one..
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We make a similar kanji but without coconut... Addition of Coconut sounds interesting and I can imagine the smell mmm...
ReplyDeleteCery healthy and great posting this. Adichu polichoo
ReplyDeleteSo lovely.. I remember having it at a friends place with payaru. It was delicious. Looks superb.
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Healthy and delicious breakfast. Good to have once in a month altleast
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