Aadi Koozh is a ragi porridge offered as prasadam to Amman / Ammavaru during the tamil month of Aadi. Usually aadi koozh is served with karuvattu / dry fish kuzhambu, drumstick leaves stir fry, small onions, green chilles. I have tried to create the flavors of this porridge which brings back the memory of Aadi masam in chennai.
Ingredients :
Ragi flour - 1 cup
Water - 2 cups
Raw rice - 1/4 cup
Fermented Ragi batter
Water - 3 cups
Hot water - 3 cups
Buttermilk (mix 1/2 yogurt with 1 cup water)
Cooked Ragi koozh
Salt
Raw onions
Raw green chilies
Procedure :
1. Mix well 1 cup Ragi flour with 2 cups water without lumps. Ferment the batter for 8 to 10 hrs.
2. Grind 1/4 cup raw rice to a big coarse powder.
3. Boil 3 cups of water and add the broken rice and cook. Once rice is cooked and all the water will be absorbed.
3. Now add 3 cups hot water and mix well
4. Now pour the fermented ragi batter. Keep stirring while pouring.
5. Keep stirring until ragi is cooked ( about 10 mins ). Koozh will turn dark in color once cooked.
6. Dip 4 fingers in cold water and tap on the top of cooked Ragi. Ragi must not stick to the fingers .
7. Mix 1/4 cup curd with 1 cup water to make buttermilk.
8. Scoop some cooled koozh in a bowl and add enough salt. Now slowly dilute the koozh with buttermilk and top it with onions.
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