Huli nuchu is one of the heirloom recipes that is prepared by me. Broken rice are simmered in buttermilk with a seasoning for a long time, it makes a tasty meal by itslef.
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Servings 6people
Author Jayashree
Ingredients
1cup broken rice, akki tari,
2cupsour yoghurt
3cup water
2tablespoonoil
1/2teaspoonmustard
1/4teaspoonasafoetida
1teaspoonbengal gram
1teaspoonurad dal
1inch ginger
4green chilly
a few curry leaves
coriander leaves
salt to tatse
Instructions
Whisk the curds, add water to it and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a thick bottom pan, add mustard seeds, as it crackles, put asafoetida, bengal gram, urad dal, ginger pieces, green chilly and curry leaves. Let cook for a few seconds. Now, add the buttermilk (curds and water mixed) to it.
Once it boils, slowly add the broken rice to it, keep stirring in between. Add salt and let cook on a slow flame for half an hour.
Keep stirring in between. Add water if necessary, the consistency should be moderately thick.
Add fresh chopped coriander to it while cooking. It imparts good smell.
Notes
To make broken rice, wash the raw rice and put it to dry on a cloth. Later, coarsely grind it.