Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Cooking Time : 25-30 minutes
Serving : 2 members
Description
The first food item other than biriyani and ghee rice that comes to any true blue ravuthar house hold menu to entertain guests and loved ones would be thenga choru which is a rice based dish where rice is cooked in coconut milk and flavoured with spices by tempering in coconut oil . This aromatic rice is served with a non vegetarian curry made with mutton , chicken , fish or dried fish . Each house hold has its own variation of this same recipe . This recipe is from my mothers place , that is very different from the thenga choru made at my in – laws place . This dish sure does smell of deliciousness when ever served the same way and travels across the dining table which lingers with in you until the next time . All my memories of this dish is having it with my aunts and cousins , where from spicy stories to sweet small bites from the past to plans of the future were discussed bringing every one and everything together through food . This has now led me to celebrate ravuthar communities rich cultural and food in equal measures.
Ingredients
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Rice ( par boiled rice / pulungal arisi) | 200 grams |
| Cinnamon | 1 inch piece |
| Cloves | 4 |
| Fenugreek seeds | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Green chillies | 2 slit |
| Small onions | one hand chopped |
| Garlic | 4 chopped + 4 whole peeled |
| Water | 200 ml |
| Coconut milk | 300 ml |
| Salt | to taste |
| Coconut oil | 5 tablespoons |
Method
- Hear coconut oil in a pressure cooker . Add cinnamon , cloves , fenugreek seeds , small onion chopped and whole peeled garlic . Sauté until the fenugreek seeds crackle and the onions get to a pale pink colour .
- pour water , coconut milk , salt and green chillies . Do not let the coconut milk and water boil but once it’s hot enough and heated up add washed rice .
- Mix well . close the pressure cooker and cook for 3 whistle. Switch off the heat and wait for the whistle sound to subside . Open and serve hot with any non – vegetarian curry .
Notes
Here are a few non – vegetarian curries that this thenga choru can be served with . Click the links below for the recipes .
Salna ( can be made with mutton also )
http://www.sautefrynbake.com/
Kaaei charu
http://www.sautefrynbake.com/
Red hot fish curry
http://www.sautefrynbake.com/
This is a chutney that is served only with the mutton and chicken curries . Helps you gobble up more rice for sure .
Puli chutney
http://www.sautefrynbake.com/
