How to Prepare Karkidaka Kanji

Porridge For Rainy Days also known as Oushadha Kanji/ Karkidaka Kanji is a medicinal rice soup and a traditional item of Kerala during the rainy days. This tasty dish has a special effect in warding off the monsoon fevers. Here is the exclusive recipe to prepare the “Ayurvedic Karkidaka Kanji” at your home.

Ingredients:

• Shashtika Shali (Red rice) – 100 gms
• Chandrashoora (Garden cress) – 10 gms
• *Dashamoola Choorna – 5 gms
• *Trikatu Choorna – 5 gms
• *Dashapushpa Choorna – 10 gms
• Broken rice – 10 gms
• Medhika (Fenugreek) – 10 gms
• Jeeraka (Cumin) – 10 gms
• Coconut milk – Quantity sufficient
• Jaggery – Quantity sufficient
• Water – Quantity sufficient

 *Dashamoola –

1. Bilwa (Aegle marmalos)
2. Agnimantha (Clerodoendrum phlomidis)
3. Syonaka (Oroxylum indicum)
4. Patala (Stereospermum saveolens)
5. Gambhari (Gmelina arborea)
6. Gokshura (Tribulus terrestris)
7. Brihati (Solanum indicum)
8. Kantakari (Solanum surattens)
9. Sali parni (Desmodium gangeticum)
10. Prisni parni (Uraria picta)

 *Trikatu –

1. Pippali (Piper longum)
2. Maricha (Piper nigrum)
3. Shunti (Zingiber officinalis)

 *Dashapushpa –

1. Viparita lajjalu (Biophytum candolleanum)
2. Bhadra (Aerva lanata)
3. Sakralata (Cardiospermum halicabum)
4. Lakshmana (Ipomea serpiania)
5. Sahadevi (Vernonia cineria)
6. Durva (Cynodon dactylon)
7. Musali (Curculigo orchioides)
8. Vishnukranti (Evolvulus alsinoides)
9. Bhringaraja (Eclipta alba)
10. Sasasruti (Emilia sonchifolia)

 Preparation:

Boil 1 glass of water with 10 gms Dashamoola Choorna. Add 100 gms of red rice to it & continue boiling by adding Jeeraka, Trikatu Choorna, Medhika, Broken rice. Once the rice gets cooked add Dashapushpa powder/extract along with sufficient quantity of Coconut Milk & Jaggery. Serve when hot to get complete result once in a day during Monsoon season.

Keywords : karkadaka ,karkada ,Ousadha kanji