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Fermented Rice (Pazhaya Soru/Neeragaram) – Nutritious Breakfast

We call this the Pazhaya Soru. Pazhaya means old, Soru means rice. It’s a simple recipe for a healthy breakfast using leftover rice.

Back in the days, when I was only just a kid I remember time to time my dad would request my mom to make Pazhaya Soru for breakfast if there are rice leftover from the afternoon lunch.

She would then take the leftover rice and soak it in water with chilli and shallots in a clay pot overnight. The rice would ferment by the morning. My mom would do her magic in the kitchen then serve us all a bowl for breakfast.

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Cassava Root – How You Can Turn it into a Healthy Breakfast

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Cassava Root

Cassava is a long starchy root vegetable taken straight from a tropical tree. This brown skinned root can be used as food, as long as it is prepared correctly. It has a thick layer of skin to cover the chalky-white flesh inside.

Did you know that this vegetable once thought to be the poor man’s food? However, it is increasingly been used by many in their kitchen around the world these days. This vegetable can be used for soup, to grill, for baking, or why not turn it into a curry. I would always make this into a bite-size snack every time.

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