Kanji and Payarकांजी और पायर
The Kerala Good Friday single meal — rice gruel with green gram, eaten plain and unsweetened. It is deliberately austere, and that is the point of the day.
About 45 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw rice
- 1 cup green gram (cherupayar)
- Water
- Salt
- Coconut (optional, for a small amount of grated coconut)
Method
- Soak the green gram for 4 hours.
- Boil the rice and green gram separately in plenty of water until very soft.
- Combine, add salt, and cook until the mixture is a thin gruel.
- Serve plain, with a small amount of grated coconut if your household tradition allows it. No sugar, no ghee — the meal is intentionally plain.