Point Pedro Kanji

Name: Point Pedro Kanji
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Sri Lanka
Ingredients: 210 g (7½ oz/1 cup) red rice*; ½ teaspoon salt; 50 g (1¾ oz/1 cup) finely chopped leafy green vegetables, such as gotu kola*, drumstick leaves* and English spinach (use a mixture of 2 or 3); 220 g (7¾ oz/1 cup) sugar; 55 g (2 oz/¼ cup) green gram* (dried mung beans), soaked in water overnight; 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) full-cream milk; 250 ml (9 fl oz/1 cup) coconut cream*

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hidden Kitchens of Sri Lanka

By Bree Hutchins

Published 2013

About

A type of rice porridge, kanji is a staple throughout Sri Lanka. It is creamy and sweet, made with nourishing leafy greens and served warm. Sri Lankans like their kanji super sweet but this recipe has less sugar than is traditionally used.

Ingredients

55 g (2 oz/¼ cup) green gram* (dried mung beans), soaked in water overnight

Asia
Sri Lanka
Jaffna
Main course
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Bring 1.25 litres (44 fl oz/5 cups) water to the boil in a large saucepan. Meanwhile, drain th