Barley ganji recipe | How to make barli ambli | Barley porridge recipes
By Latha on Feb 20th, 2024
Barley ganji recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. Barli ambli or porridge is a very easy and tasty breakfast or light dinner recipe prepared using barley, curd, coriander leaves, hing, onion, green chillies, ginger, curry leaves, mustard, cumin seeds and salt. Mosaru barli or curd barley is a very healthy recipe that makes body cool and has many health benefits.
Ganji is a very soothing and comforting recipe. You can have it for breakfast or lunch or dinner. I have served it with Mango pickle, however you can serve it with any pickle of your choice. You can find one more boiled rice ganji recipe on this website.
We all are very busy and always in search of easy breakfast or light dinner recipes. And this is one such very easy, quick yet very tasty recipe.
If you are looking for more Karnataka style breakfast recipes then do check our breakfast recipes section.
I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 2
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1/4 cup barley
- 1/2 cup curd
- Big pinch asafoetida
- Some coriander leaves
- 1/2 tsp salt or as per taste
- pickle (for serving)
Ingredients for tempering:
- 2 tsp oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp urad dal
- 1 green chilli
- 1 tsp chopped ginger
- 7 - 8 curry leaves chopped
- 1 small onion chopped
Instructions for making barley ganji:
- Rinse 1/4 cup barley in a pressure cooker.
- Add 1 cup water (4 times).
- Make 4 - 5 whistles to cook until soft. You can soak the barley for 4 - 5 hours for faster cooking.
- Prepare tempering in a pan using oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds and urad dal. Wait until mustard seeds start to splutter.
- Add chopped green chilli, ginger and curry leaves. Fry them for a while.
- Add chopped onion.
- Fry until onions are soft. Switch off the stove and set it aside.
- Take cooked barley in a mixie jar and grind it coarsely. Or just pulse it for few times.
- Add it to the pan that has tempering.
- Add curd.
- Add salt as per taste.
- Add asafoetida.
- Add curry leaves.
- Give it a quick mix.
- Serve the barley ganji or ambli with pickle.
Dear reader, We have a Kannada version of this recipe. Click here to read this recipe in Kannada.
Dear Reader,
I am Latha and I am very happy that you have visited our website. Lot of efforts have been put in creating each and every page on this website. If you like this recipe, kindly share it with your friends by clicking on the icons given below. Feel free to write to me at "kannadavegrecipes@gmail.com". Thank you so much and keep visiting!!