Chicken Porridge /Nombu Kanji

Tweet

Ingredients:

• Raw Rice - 1 cup
• Chicken - 250g
• Channa Dal - 3 tbsp
• Carrot - 1 small finely chopped
• Big Onion - 1 medium sized finely chopped
• Tomato - 1 medium sized roughly chopped
• Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece
• Cloves - 2 
• Cardamom - 2 whole 
• Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tsp
• Green Chillies - 2
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Red Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tsp
• Coriander powder - 1.5 tsp
• Fennel Powder - 1 tsp
• Mint Leaves - 1 tbsp finely chopped
• Thick Coconut Milk - 1 cup
• Water - 4 to 5 cups
• Coriander Leaves - 1 tbsp finely chopped
• Salt - to taste 
• Oil - 2 tsp

Method:

Soak rice and dal for 1/2 an hour. Break the soaked rice with your hands.

Heat oil in a pressure cooker add cloves,cardamom and cinamon.Then add onion and saute until it becomes transparent.

 Once the onions become transparent,add ginger-garlic paste and green chillies. Saute until the raw smell of ginger-garlic goes off.

Add the chopped tomatoes. 

Then add chicken,carrots along with all powders along required salt.Saute for 2 mins. 

Add soaked rice and chana dal .

Add  coriander leaves and mint leaves along with 4 to 5 cups of water.

Finally add coconut milk and cook for another 10 min .

Delicious chicken porridge is ready to serve.

Tweet