Update (04/07/4014): I wanted to also share a kanji (soup/porridge) recipe that is popular in Jaffna at the Soups with SS event hosted by Sonal and Shruti. 

This morning, I will share my mother’s recipe for murungai ilai kanji. My mother makes different types of kanji occasionally for breakfast but I like this one the best.

Murungai Ilai Kanji

Time taken: 20 mins

Serves 1 or 2

Ingredients:

• Red raw rice – 3 tbsp
• Murungai ilai/ Moringa leaves – 3 tbsp, chopped or ground
• Carrot – ¼, chopped
• Onion –1 tsp, chopped
• Bean – 1, chopped
• Pepper – ¼ tsp
• Salt, to taste
• Lime juice, to taste

Method:

1. Cook the rice in a pan with 1 cup of water for about 5 mins.
2. Add all the chopped vegetables and cook for another 10 – 15 mins.
3. Add the salt and pepper, to taste. Mix and cook for a couple of minutes before removing from the heat.
4. Squeeze some lime juice before serving hot.

Recipe source: Raji Thillainathan.