Mung Kiri Bath (Milk Rice with Green Gram)

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Ingredients:
  • 2 cups White raw rice
  • 1/2cup Green Gram
  • 2 1/2cups water
  • 2 cups Coconut Milk (1st milk)
  • salt to taste



Method:
  1. Soak the green gram overnight and drain of water.
  2. Wash rice and green grams
  3. Add Green Grams and add water
  4. Cover the lid and cook green gram first as it is little harder than rice.
  5. Once the green gram is boiled (before completely cooked) add rice and cook under low heat.
  6.  Add little bit of hot water if needed for the rice to cook 
  7. Add salt to coconut milk and mix together
  8. When the rice is about to be done cooking, add coconut milk and stir well. (Make sure the rice is boiled well)
  9. Add more salt if required.
  10. Cook till all the milk is absorbed to the rice and look like a thick mass.
  11. Spread the prepared green gram milk rice on a large flat plate lined with banana leaf or grease proof paper and smooth the top with a piece of banana leaf or grease proof paper.
  12. Make sure to press while smoothing so that the cooked mass will stick together.
  13. Cut in to pieces as you like.
  14. Serve with lunu miris or curry of choice like fish or meat.


Tips:
  • You can mix juggery with coconut milk to prepare the same in sweet flavor
Or
  • Serve with Sugar, Juggery or trickle   

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