December

Ayurvedic Thali – Sama Rice

December

Ayurvedic Thali - Sama Rice

Ingredients:

  1. 1 cup sama ke chawal (barnyard millet or samvat rice)
  2. 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  3. ½ teaspoon black pepper
  4. 1 to 1.5 teaspoon ginger-green chili paste
  5. 3 cups water
  6. 2 tablespoon Ghee
  7. 2 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
  8. Rock salt (sendha namak) as required

Instructions:

  1. In a bowl, soak the sama rice for an hour. Drain and then keep aside.
  2. In a thick bottomed pan heat 2 tbsp ghee or peanut oil.
  3. Add 1 tsp cumin seeds.
  4. Fry the cumin seeds till they change color.
  5. Now add 1 to 1.5 tsp ginger+green chili paste and 1/2 tsp crushed black pepper. Saute till the raw aroma of both the green chilies and ginger goes away.
  6. Then add the drained sama rice. Stir and saute for a minute.
  7. Add 3 cups of water. Stir again. 3 cups of water makes the khichdi mushy, which we prefer. If you want separate grains then just add 1.5 to 2 cups of water.
  8. Season with rock salt/sendha namak and stir well.
  9. Cover the pan with a lid and on a low flame allow the grains to simmer and get cooked.
  10. Check and stir at intervals.
  11. Once the grains have softened and cooked well, switch off the flame.
  12. You can add about 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves here and mix.
  13. Also if you prefer, you can add some lemon juice (Try a little first).
  14. Serve Sama rice khichdi topped with a bit of ghee and garnished with coriander leaves with vrat ki kadhi, peanut kadhi or any curry.  You can also have this sama rice khichdi with plain yogurt.