Kambu Koozh / Pearl Millet / Bajra Porridge

Kambu Koozh is one of the favourite dishes in my lunch Menu. Sometimes I feel not to have a heavy meal, that time I'll just cook this kambu koozh and enjoy with variety of side dishes. Kambu has the health benefit of cooling our body, so whenever summer season starts I'll Cook Kambu regularly and instead of curd rice I'll take kambu koozh. I wanna everybody to take it regularly since pearl millet have numerous health benefits.

Ingredients:

1. Broken kambu/Bajra/Pearl Millet - 1 cup
2. Curd / Buttermilk - 1 cup
3. Big Onion - 1 small size
4. Curry leaves - 1 sprig
5. Coriander leaves
6. Crushed Ginger - 2 tsp
7. Green Chilli - 2 nos
8. Salt as per taste

Cooking Method:

First wash the broken kambu and remove the outer skin which is floating in water. Then Soak it for 1/2 an hour.

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Take a heavy bottomed pan and transfer the kambu along with 3 tumblers of water. It will start cooking. Close the lid with half closed. Do not close fully, as the bubbles will come up while cooking. Stir often as it may form lumps.

It will take atleast 20 minutes to cook completely. Add water while cooking if it is needed. Now the kambu has cooked, but even more water is remaining. Keep the stove in simmer and stir continuously. The water will be reduced, now close the lid for half an hour, open and see the all the water has been absorbed and it thickens. Transfer it to a bowl.

Directions to make Butter Milk and Kambu Koozh:

Take Curd in a bowl and blend it using a hand blender until smooth. Add salt, crushed ginger, green chilly, curry leaves, coriander leaves, water and mix well. Add this butter milk to cooked kambu along with chopped onion. Mix everything to form a Porridge consistency or you may add enough buttermilk to dilute it to get the Kambu Koozh and drink in liquid form.

Have this Kambu Koozh with the variety of side dishes and enjoy the Healthy Porridge. 

Health Tips:

You can even cook Bajra in Mud Pot like our traditional method or if you are lazy like me, take a small quantity of cooked Kambu in a mud pot add enough water close it with a plate and keep refrigerated overnight or you can keep outside also for 8 hours. This method is lil better compared to drink Bajra water simply kept in Vessels. Morning strain only the Bajra water to a glass add salt and drink as it is. This water is having a very high nutritional value and cool your body in this Hot summer if you have this regularly.