Pazham Kanji (Left Over Rice In Brine)

Preparation Time: 10 min+ overnight

Cooking Time: 5 min

Serves: 3

Ingredients measure:-

Brown Rice : 2 cups

Water: Sufficient for batter

Small Onion: ½  cup crushed

Kanthari(Thai pepper): 3-4 crushed[I used normal green chilly as it was not available here]

Rock Salt: 1 tbsp

Oil : 1 tbsp

Preparation:-

1)      Crush Thai pepper and small onion.
2)      Keep it aside.
3)      Pressure cook rice with 4 cups water.(rice shouldn’t be overcooked)
4)      Wait for the whistle to go off and strain the rice.
5)      Take a earthern pot and pour 5 cups water and dump in the strained rice.
6)      Spoon in 1 tbsp rock salt and the crushed items.
7)      Leave it overnight, with the earthern pot closed.
8)      Next morning, have it with sour broken curd curry/ chammathi(chutneys)/any sour curries.