Vishu Specials - Vishu Katta Vishu Kanji

Happy Vishu to all Malayali friends together with readers. I am sharing some Vishu specials today. These are non vishu dishes that I grew upward eating, but convey read most together with heard about, together with got to know to a greater extent than most them from immature human being Malayali bloggers. The cyberspace is thence cool that agency - yous larn to know most together with suit traditions that yous never knew existed :-). We honey almost everything that is made amongst kokosnoot together with hither I am introducing 2 uncomplicated Vishu dishes, the Vishu Kanji together with Vishu Katta. We honey these uncomplicated dishes that are served equally Vishu breakfast inward some parts of Kerala together with straight off it is exercise of our tradition equally well.

Vishu Katta:

This is a uncomplicated dish made past times cooking rice inward kokosnoot milk. Originally made amongst onakkalari, (raw unpolished rice) which is used for particular preparations similar this together with likewise equally an offering inward temples. It is supposed to endure served amongst jaggery syrup, but equally my readers know, Quick'n'healthy does non promote carbohydrate unless it is genuinely required. This 1 tastes real uncomplicated together with awesome without the improver of sweetness, thence my recommendation is to operate on it only equally it is :)

Ingredients:

• Red rice - 1/2 loving cup (I used organic Republic of Madagascar pinkish rice)
• White rice - 1/2 loving cup (I used organic jasmine rice)
• Thick homemade kokosnoot cream * - 1/2 cup
• Homemade kokosnoot milk* - 1 cup
• Homemade lite kokosnoot milk*  - 2 cups 
• Cumin seeds - 1 Tbs
• Fresh ginger rootage - 2 Tbs - chopped
• Himalayan pinkish common salt - equally per taste
• Virgin Coconut petroleum - 1 Tbs

Directions:

• Wash together with soak both rice for 8-12 hours. 
• Start past times boiling the lite kokosnoot milk together with add together drained rice together with laid upward on medium heat. Cook covered paying attending non to burn downwards the rice.
• Meanwhile toast the cumin seeds on medium estrus till yous they kickoff popping.
• Chop ginger fine, estrus kokosnoot petroleum together with lightly roast the chopped ginger. 
• Once the rice is 3/4th done, take the cover, add together toasted cumin, roasted ginger, together with 1 loving cup kokosnoot milk together with salt. You tin produce a common salt banking concern fit past times tasting the liquid at this point. Cook on depression medium estrus stirring frequently.
• In most 20-30 minutes most of kokosnoot milk should endure absorbed. Switch of, add together the kokosnoot cream together with operate on stirring for 5-10 to a greater extent than minutes. 
• Grease a shallow tray or baking dish amongst kokosnoot oil. You tin likewise trace of piece of employment amongst banana leaf. Spread the cooked rice evenly into the dish. Leave it aside for thirty minutes to an hr to set.
• Loosen carefully from the sides together with cutting it into slices. 
• Serve it only similar that or serve it amongst a pickle or chutney. Enjoy! 

Notes for kokosnoot milk: 

• I brand my kokosnoot milk amongst organic dried shredded coconut.
• Get kokosnoot milk recipe here.
• For this recipe I brand kokosnoot milk inward 2 batches, 1 batch I exercise equally is.  
• Second batch is made before together with kept refrigerated thence that thick kokosnoot cream is separated on top.
• You tin take the cream from overstep using a spoon together with remaining volition endure your lite kokosnoot milk.

Vishu Kanji:

Another uncomplicated dish is Vishu Kanji. This is made amongst rice and puliyamara. I tried figuring out what this puliyamara genuinely is together with I am notwithstanding trying..:) I only know that it is some form of apartment bean. I only exercise whatever form of apartment multifariousness of beans that are available here, similar cannellini beans, or mochakotta (val) beans. I intend puliyamara mightiness fifty-fifty endure mochakotta itself. Anyway, the beans are dry out roasted, coarsely seat down together with cooked amongst rice to brand the kanji (rice soup/congee). It is thence seasoned amongst kokosnoot together with cumin seeds. I don't intend that it tin larn whatever simpler than this. It tin endure served equally is amongst a drizzle of ghee. You tin likewise serve it amongst chakka erissery (raw jackfruit cooked amongst kokosnoot together with spiced amongst pepper), jackfruit beingness inward flavour during vishu time.

Ingredients:

• Parboiled broken rice  - 3/4 cup 
• Mochokotta (Val) beans - 1/4 cup 
• Fresh shredded kokosnoot - 1 cup
• Cumin seeds - 1 Tbs 
• Sea common salt equally per taste

• Dry roast the beans till squeamish roasted smell comes together with yous will start hearing some popping audio of the beans. Let it cool together with trounce coarsely using java grinder of a dry out blender. Some big chunks are okay. 
• Cook the rice together with crushed beans amongst around half-dozen cups of water. (I exercise pressure level cooker for this) 
• Once rice is cooked add together toasted cumin seeds, shredded kokosnoot together with salt. 
• Serve it warm. Enjoy !!

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