Thari Kanji is considered as a Ramadan recipe and Thari kanji (Thari kachiyathu) is one of the regular drinks prepared at home during Iftar. But it is a refreshing and filling drink you can have in the evening to get refreshment or while breaking the fast during Ramadan. Normally this is a sweet drink by adding sugar and little salt. I always drink thari kachiyathu with sugar.
The traditional taste of tharikkanji is the addition of fried red shallots, cashews and raisins in little ghee and finally adding to the preparation. But if you do not like the taste of sauteed red shallots, you can avoid it.
Ingredients required for 4-5 servings
Semolina/Sooji/ Rava- 2 tbsp
Milk- 2 1/2 cups
Water- 1 ½ cup
Sugar-4 tbsp
Cardamom- ½ tsp powdered( or 3 numbers)
Salt-1 pinch
Seasoning:
Ghee/Clarified Butter- 1 tbsp Only Tiny Red Shallots- 1 finely choppedCashew nuts- 3-4 chopped Raisins- 5-6
Preparation:
Combine the milk n salt, with water, bring it to a boil and add sugar. To this, add the rava/sooji and sugar. Simmer on low heat for 5-8 minutes, until everything merges well and the semolina cooks. Be careful not to let it boil over. Add the cardamom powder and add more sugar if needed. Take the mixture off the flame and let it absorb the flavors. The mixture should be the consistency of a watery shake/smoothie.
Seasoning:
Heat ghee in a pan, and sauté the cashew nuts, raisins and shallots on low heat till they turn golden and remove from fire and pour over the milk mixture.
P.S. The water is added to regular full fat milk to thin it. If using low fat or fat free milk, use full 4 cups milk. There is no need to use water. The drink will thicken after some time, so do not add too much semolina considering the drink to be too thin. If later it does turn too thick, just simmer it with more milk.Do not try to use onions or any other kind of shallots or frozen shallots as substitute.
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