Mealie Rice Kitchari with Dry Fish & Boiled Egg Chutney

Episode 1: How to make mealie rice kitchari with dry fish & boiled egg chutney. Aunty Neela shows us how to make this traditional Indian dish with a South African twist.
Recipe: www.passingiton...
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Cooking the mealie rice kitchari - 1:25
Back to the kitchari - 10:12
Cooking the dry fish chutney - 05:29
Back to the dry fish chutney - 10:57
Plating - 11:47
Ingredients
- ½ cup boiled Pea dhall
- 1 cup mealie rice
- 1 tablespoon, oil
- 3 dry chilies
- 2 onions
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- ½ teaspoon, mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon, jeera
- 8 tomatoes
- 6 green chilies
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 9 small round tomatoes
- 1 small piece dry fish
- 1 teaspoon, ginger garlic paste
- 3 boiled egg
- curry leaf
- dhania
Preparing the Kitcheri
1) In a pot add 1 tablespoon of oil and allow it to heat up.
2) Add the following thereafter:
- 3 dry chilies
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 1 sliced onion
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon jeera
- 1 cut tomato
3) Let it braise for a while then add curry leaf and boiled dhall.
4) Wash mealie rice and add to the above dhall mixture. Let it boil until it’s a little soft then remove from the stove.
Preparing the Dry Fish & Boiled Egg Chutney
1) Soak the dried fish in hot water to remove excess salt.
2) In a pot, add a little oil and fry the dry fish until it browns a little.
3) Add 1 onion & 6 green chilies. Allow it to fry for a bit until it browns a little.
4) Add ¼ teaspoon of turmeric powder.
5) Add 8 sliced tomato and a 1 teaspoon of ginger & garlic paste.
6) Let it cook for a while until the tomatoes are melted. Thereafter add the curry leaves and dhania.
7) Add 3 boiled eggs to the chutney.

[@vasannemoodley4466]

So nice to see elderly Indian ladies on the show
Excellent job
Curries look delicious

[@lucellewillie8694]

Love the way aunty says "depends"

[@phylliciapillay3929]

I am watching from The UK and this is mums speciality. Miss my home and my roots. Looks delicious 😋.

[@marvinharms1891]

I was searching for dry fish and dhall, with an intension of eating it with bread. I reconcidered after watching this.Thank you Aunty for sharing your recipe😚

[@usharamnath1020]

Thanks for lovely recipe and also giving ingredients n method in description box. Helps a lot. Appreciate it

[@pamreddy2094]

Fantastic.. So proud of you guys.. Awesome recipes...

[@PassingItOn]

Thanks Pam. We appreciate it

[@keithreddy777]

God bless you dear family.
Really love your channel dear sis Reena and team and the cooking shows. Brilliant and proudly sa indian cousine. And our mother there aunty neela...God bless you ma. Salute and Honour you. Thank you for the blessed food that you prepare. 🙏🙏
Blessings always to you always dear Team of Passing it on...keep on keeping on with the awesome work and beautiful content. We love and appreciate it and you all.
Blessings always from us to you🙏🙏🙏

[@ulandagovender9446]

Looks delicious going to try it out this weekend. Please can you do sangeeti and idli recipe

[@lydiapeterszollner7557]

Aunty neela that looks good

[@clemmienaidoo8042]

Thank you Lovely people for sharing your gifts and talents with us..its a lovely meal to dig into.. with good....
company of friends and family...

[@gourijivan3364]

Very interesting history of the mielie rice🤗👌👍

[@seleneali6334]

Hi I’m a new subscriber from Trinidad

[@ritaramrathan839]

Delicious❤❤❤

[@moonsamypam4606]

Looks delicious will try the recipe

[@ranieosman8569]

Aunty Neela..its good to see a home cook food which i miss as i live in OZ n i dont know about getting dry fish..
did u put in tge cooked mealie rice or uncooked..i also noticed u didnt use any curry leaves
thank you

[@jerrychetty2524]

Fantastic, thanks for the post

[@moonsamypam4606]

Looks very delicious.wil try the recipe

[@mollymoonsamy156]

Perfect recipe👍

[@pravinapillay8460]

Awesome.. Thank u🌹❤️

[@cynthiamatthews6057]

Perfectly

[@jackiebonhomme107]

Lets get on with cooking

[@reolyntrinitynaidoo7796]

I love the way aunty neela says turmeric powder 😂☺

[@PassingItOn]

We like to keep it authentically them... It's not just the recipe but who they are as well.

[@zeemoosa8340]

@@PassingItOn when does onion turn poisonous?

[@lamagmagrah8494]

*PLEASE COOK BOMBAY DUCK CHUTNEY TRADITIONAL DURBAN STYLE PLEASEEE*

[@romillan6035]

It was unclear what she said abt the onions.. Is it poisonous to keep cooked onions?

[@kylesamuelreddy8591]

GOD bless you aunty neela.Real indian cooking .Love it .Simple n authentic.

[@zeemoosa8340]

We are getting no response abt onions, poison?

[@trishylicious1]

@@zeemoosa8340 it is not recommended that you keep already peeled or sliced onions because it becomes poisonous.

[@clinnaidoo1026]

You are totally wrong kitchary is a India dish