In olden days people have been using it regularly especially during summer. I have cooked rice in mud pot so that neeragaram would be more tastier. It has got many benefits and it is just simple. Neer + agaram means watery food (neer means water and agaram means food )in tamil.

Red rice Neeragaram

#FoodismSummerBonanza
By Kamalavarshini Prabakar

Mar, 12th

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Servings
2 persons
Cook Time
5 minutes
Ingredients
4 - 6

Ingredients

  • Left over red rice – 1 cup
  • Boiled rice water – 1 cup
  • Water – 1 cup
  • Salt – to taste
  • Curd – ¼ cup
  • Mor milagai – 2

Instructions

  • Add one cup water to the left over red rice and cover with a lid and keep it over night.
  • Next day morning mash the rice with ladle. Add boiled and strained rice water, salt and curd.
  • Mix it well like porridge consistency.
  • You can crush mor milagai and add to the neeragaram and drink.
  • If you don’t have rice boiled water you can add water. If you cook rice in the rice cooker you can use ordinary water.
  • Drink it with small onion, green chilli, mor milagai or mango pickle or any other side dish of your choice. But I would suggest to have this red rice neeragaram plain as it is, because it's simply superb without any side dish.

Notes/Tips

I would love to call it as "Nostalgic Neeragaram". Try using mud pot, which would enhance the flavour still more. It is the best summer cooler. We can take neeragaram regularly in empty stomach. It will heal all stomach problems and cools the body. It contains good bacterias required for stomach and digestion. It is a very good remedy for ulcer too.