It is very hot here in Madurai. When my hubby comes home for lunch, he needs some drink which cools him down. Koozh is a perfect cooling drink. You can see many road side vendors selling this koozh. But it tastes great when we prepare it at home. My mom used to prepare very tasty koozh. I got the recipe from her and am preparing it.Topped with some sliced pearl onions it tastes divine. It looks so traditional when served in a mud bowl. We relished it with mango pickle and bitter gourd vatral.
Ingredients:
Ragi/ Finger Millet Flour-1cup
Cooked Rice-1/2cup
Salt-to taste
Curd-1/4cup
Pearl Onions-5
Procedure:
The Day Before Preparation: (Prepare this at night and let it sit overnight)
1. Mix ragi flour and rice with salt. Add water and prepare a batter of idli batter consistency. Let it ferment for 4hours.
2. Measure the ragi mix and boil same quantity of water in a heavy bottomed vessel.
3. When the water starts boiling add the ragi mixture and let it cook for 20 minutes.
4. Stay nearby and stir it often to avoid burning.
5. If the mixture is not cooked properly, them it will surely create stomach ache. So to be on the safer side, cook it for 20 minutes on medium low flame.
6. Once cooked, switch off stove and close the vessel. Let it rest for 8-10hours. This will make the koozh tastier.
On The Day:
7. The mixture will become like a sticky dough. That is perfect.
8. Take require amount of the mix in a separate bowl. For 1 cup of Koozh, take 3/4cup mix and 1/4cup water along with 2tbs curd.
9. If you like more curd in koozh, then add some more. Adjust salt according to your taste.
10. Add some thinly sliced pearl onion on top and give a stir.
11. Enjoy with pickle or vatral of your choice.
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I love this koozh,had this in my childhood days…Thanks for sharing this healthy recipe.Sure will try it.
nice ragi koozh
I love koozh too:-) this is a perfect recipe for this scorching summer
Looks yum …I have yet to try this
delicious koozh…
Healthy delicious porridge dear 🙂
Healthy and delicous one.. looks really gr8 !!
Indian Cuisine
tasty and healthy koozhu.
Healthy and perfect for this hot weather.
எனக்கு ரொம்ப பிடித்த கூழ்..ஞாபகபடுத்திட்டீங்க,செய்யனும்..
Love this healthy,nutritious porridge..yumm!
smthng new looks so delicious
this is something new for me 🙂
healthy one. 🙂
Ragi koozh with curd is a perfect cooling and thirst quencher… filling too…
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Luks super yum…luv this on summer days..
so healthy and delicious!!
The recipe sounds so healthy,delicious and refreshing.
super tempting..perfect for the summer..
refreshing koozh.. i had it when i was in India. used to love it. your koozh reminds me of those summer days back in India.
this recipe is new to me..will surely try this..
Healthy and perfect for summer!
nice n healthy recipe- very new to me!
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Healthy and delicious.
Refreshing and cool drink for hot days. It’s getting very hot here(bangalore) too. The only relief is frequent showers
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
delicious koozh..
how many days could we refrigerate the dough?
You can refrigerate it for 2-3 days. Not more than that..
Hi Gayathri,
The bachelor-keppai-koozh procedure is as below :
1) Start the Electric Rice / steam cooker.
2) Pour 3 glasses of water and add Keppai Maavu to it
3) Add some sugar to taste
4) Routinely stir up and wait till a gel forms
5) Pour it in a bowl and enjoy it using a spoon , in the terrace .
Can you pls suggest some improvements without increasing the efforts?
Should the sugar be avoided and onions be added instead?
Thanks
This quick versions sounds good. But as you mentioned, adding onions, green chillies and butter milk or curd would make it delicious…