Chicken Porridge / Chicken Congee / Kozhi Kanji

 

 

Ingredients:

White raw rice - 1 cup

Chicken with bone- 200g

Water - 4 cups

Thin coconut milk - 2 cups

Thick coconut milk - 1 cup

Bombay Onion - 1

Green Chilli - 1

Garlic - 10 cloves

Ginger - small piece

Fenugreek - 1/2 tsp.

Pepper - 1/2 tsp.

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp.

Salt - 1 tbsp.

Chicken cube (Optional) - 1

Curry leaves - few

Pandon leaf - small piece

Cardamom- 2

Cinnamon stick - small piece

Carrot - small 1

Green beans - 2

 

Method:

1. Take the ingredients as mentioned above. Cut the chicken pieces into small pieces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. First wash the rice well. Use a heavy bottomed vessel and add rice and 4 cups of water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Add all the other ingredients into the vessel except coconut milk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Simmer the mixture for about 20 min on medium heat. Then open the lid and check whether rice has cooked enough to smash. At this point water will be absolutely absorbed.

 

 

 5. Use a ladle and smash the content well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. First add the thin coconut milk and mix it well. Simmer it again for 5 more minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Then add the thick coconut milk. Once the mixture has come to a boiling point, remove from the heat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Adjust salt and pepper as you prefer. Porridge is ready to serve!!!!!