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(70) Kanki- Ghes

Rice Porridge

Ingredients

  • 1 cup broken rice( kanki)
  • 4 cups water.
  • 2 cups curd ( if sour then 1 cup).
  • Tempering ingredients.
  • 3 tsp salt.

Tempering ingredients

  • 3 tbsp. ghee.
  • 1 tsp. cumin seeds(jeera).
  • 3 cloves( lavang)
  • ½ inch Cinnamon stick (Dalchini).
  • 8-10 curry leaves.
  • 3 less spicy green chilis breaks into two.

Method:

  1. Wash broken rice for one time with gentle hand.( hard and over washing of broken rice looses nutrition). Keep aside for 30 mins.
  2. In deep pot heat ghee for tempering.
  3. Once ghee heat up add cumin and wait for crackling sound. Now add Cloves, Cinnamon, Curry leaves and green chilies.
  4. Add Water in it and wait for one boil.
  5. Add washed broken rice and salt,stir and give one more boil. Now add 1 cup whisked curd and mix thoroughly.
  6. Put this pot in pressure cooker and cover the lid.
  7. Cook rice porridge upto 5 whistles.
  8. Open cooker lid once it cool down and mix remaining cup of curd and serves hot with Celery soup or Tomato soup,Papad and Sweet Lemon Pickle, Gol keri.
  9. Serve with love and smile.
Broken rice – kanki
Rice porridge pot in cooker
Removed green chilies and curry leaves
Rice porridge ( Ghes)
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(48) Turmeric Milk

Serves 2. 250 ml each.

Ingredients:

  • Milk 500 ml.
  • ¼ tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • ⅛ tsp. Carom seeds(Ajwain)(optional).
  • ½ tsp.Ghee(optional).
  • 2 tsp. Sugar (optional).

Method:

  1. Heat milk and sugar up to boiling.
  2. Side by side heat tempering vessel with ghee.
  3. Once ghee melts add carom seeds.
  4. As soon as crackling sounds starts ,pour it into milk.
  5. Give one more boil and turmeric milk is ready.
  6. Ideally to be served hot as it is or first strain and then serve.
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(43) Green Gram Soup

Moong Osaman

Serves 2 150 ml.each

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup whole Moong.
  • 300 ml. Water
  • ½ inch grated ginger
  • 2 halved lengthwise and deseeded green chillies.
  • OR
  • ½ tsp. Black pepper powder.
  • 2 tsp.fresh lemon juice.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • ½ tsp.turmeric powder.
  • 1 tsp. Sugar.
  • 1 tsp finely chopped coriander.

Tempering Ingredients

  • ½ tbsp. Ghee.
  • 1 tsp. Cumin(jeera).
  • 2 Cloves.
  • ½ inch Cinnamon stick.
  • 5-6 Curry leaves.
  • 1 pinch Asafoetida.

Method

  1. Wash and rinse moong 3 times ,add 300 ml water , place moong pot in pressure cooker and cook upto 3 whistles.
  2. After pressure releases,bland moong in blander and strain with the help of strainer.
  3. Add all spices in moong soup and boil on slow flame. Side by side heat tempering vessel and ghee in it. Add cumin( jeera) and wait for cracking .After crackling sound add Clove, Cinnamon, Asafoetida and curry leaves.
  4. Boil for 5 more minutes . Serves hot. Enjoy with steamed rice, pulao, biryani , khichadi, dalia or whole alone as diet food.
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( 33) Khichadi

serves 2, 150 -200 gms.each

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup Rice(chawal preferably Parimal also known as Patna rice)
  • ¼ cup Moong dal (Mung beans)  (split green which contains more fibre or yellow which is easy to digest).
  • ¼ cup Masoor dal( split red lentils).
  • 2 tbsp. Tur dal (split pegion pea) .
  • 3 ½ cups water.

Tips:

Requirements of water varies by types of vessels you use to cook khichadi

  • 4 cups water if khichadi in direct pressure cooker .
  • 3½ cups if khichadi in steel pot  in cooker.
  • 4½ cups water if khichadi in sauce pan or kadhai.

Dry masala:

  • 2½ tsp.salt
  • 1 tsp.turmeric pd.
  • 1 tsp.black pepper pd.
  • or
  • 1 tsp. red chilli pd.

Tempering ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp.ghee.
  • 1/2 tsp. mustard(rai)
  • 2 cloves.
  • 1/2 inch cinnamon stick.Asafoetida (hing).
  • ⅛ tsp.Asafoetida (hing).

Method:

  1. In one big steel pot mix all dals and rice .Wash and drain  3 times  with water .
  2. Add 6 &1/2 cups water and all dry ingredients.
  3. Side by side heat tempering vessel and add ghee. Once ghee melts,add mustard seeds and wait for crackling sound. Add cloves , asafoetida and cinnamon . Pour this mixture in khichadi pot. Stir the mixture in pot .
  4. Place this pot in pressure cooker. Cover the pot with lid and close pressure cooker. Pressure  cook upto 4 whistles.
  5. Open cooker after  pressure releases and serves hot and pour 1 tsp. ghee per  plate. khichadi with Soup,tameta nu shak, papad and pickle.
  6. Serve hot khichadi with Soup,tameta nu shak, papad and pickle.

This is a simple type of khichadi which is healthy and yummy too but you can make more rich and spicy by adding different ingredients like onion and garlic and mixing some vegetables.

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(13) Herbal Tea

Serves 2. 250 ml.each

Ingredients

water. 500 ml.

Basil(Tulsi) Leaves. 8-10

Lemon grass. 15-20 pcs

Mint (Phudina) Leaves 8-10

Ginger grated 1/2 inch

Method:

1) In one big vessel mix all ingredients and boil for 10 mins.

2) Herbal tea is ready. Add 2 tsp. honey(optional) and squeeze 1/2 lemon in 500 ml. tea.

3) Enjoy your herbal tea with some cookies, sweet shakarpare,salty biscuits, salty namakpare ,mathri or puri.

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(05) Kadha (Immunity booster)

Kadha or kadho is a traditional Indian drink, often consumed as a chai or tea and is considered to be effective against cough and cold and seasonal flu. Made with Indian herbs and spices, Kadha is a natural immunity booster and is said to be the best remedy against fever and sore throat. It also cures cough and is loaded with antioxidants.

Serves 4  (200 ml.) each

Ingredients

  • 800 ml. Water .
  • 4 tbsp. Sugar.
  • ½ tsp. Ginger powder ( Sunth).
  • ½ tsp. Pipramul powder (Ganthoda).
  • ½ tbsp. Cumin seeds ( Jeera)
  • ¼ tbsp. Carom seeds (Ajwain)
  • ¼ tsp. Cardamom powder (Elaichi).
  • 8-10 strands of Saffron ( Kesar).Pinched and crushed with finger and thumb. Only during cold season.
  • ⅛ tsp Cinnamon powder.
  • 2 Cloves powder
  • 8- 10 Holy Basil leaves

Method:

1) Take water in big vessel

2) Add all ingredients , stir and put it on fast flame

3) Stir occasionally and boil it like tea

4) Switch off flame after 5 mins of boiling

5) Serve this kadha every day morning, afternoon or at bedtime in Monsoon ,Winter or during corona or in throat infection, allergy due to seasonal changes, flu, cough, cold. No need to strain. Serve with love and smile.

Gujarati Kadha (Tasty Water)

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