Neer Aagaram | Fermented Rice Porridge | Pazhaya Soru Kanji

Neer Aagaram | Fermented Rice Porridge | Pazhaya Soru Kanji

Neer aagarm, called fermented rice porridge, a healthy morning breakfast. A simple healthy and nutritious, pro-biotic meal, made with leftover rice.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Indian

Keyword easy breakfast recipe, Fermented rice porridge, How to make rice porridge, Porridge for breakfast, Rice gruel, Rice porridge

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings

Calories 153kcal

Equipment

Blender

Ingredients

120 grams cooked rice
150 ml water for soaking rice
250 ml water for blending the yogurt
160 grams greek yogurt
½ green chili
10 grams fresh ginger
10 grams coriander stalks
½ teaspoon cumin seeds
½ teaspoon salt or to taste
¼ teaspoon hing or asafoetida

Garnishes

½ carrot chopped fine
½ cucumber chopped fine

Instructions

Soak cooked rice in water overnight. If the climate is good, leave it on the kitchen counter. If its too hot, and there is chance of it going bad, then leave it on the counter as long as possible then refrigerate it overnight.
Next day morning, if in the refrigerator, take it out and leave it on the counter for an hour.
To a blender add greek yogurt, chili, ginger, salt, hing , coriander stalks, cumin seeds and water. Blend it smooth
Take the soaked rice and mash it roughly with your hands. Add the blended yogurt to this. Mix well.
Add chopped cucumber and carrot. Add coriander leaves.
Serve immediately. i served with some crispy fried lotus stem, fresh veggies and coconut thuvayal.

Notes

I have used greek yogurt for the protein factor, you can use normal yogurt too.
When i spoke to mother about this recipe. She mentioned that they used to soak the rice in strained rice starch and little curd. You can try that too.
They used to have it plain with just salt and thin buttermilk. Sometimes maybe onions and pickle.
Since i don't use onion and garlic at home, i have skipped onions. You can also use finely chopped shallots.
Add some crispy fried curd chili too, it will add more flavor to the simple meal

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