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Kanji is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot, that is made by combining ingredients such as Rice, Corn, Ragi & Wheat with water. Kanji or Kanji water can be made from different Rice varieties and it is a comfort food.It is nothing but a rice porridge.It can be had for breakfast or lunch or dinner.It can be had with any chutney or poriyal. With Salt it tastes better.It is liquid or semi-fluid.

Water can be poured to the leftover Kanji and it can be had with pickle for the next course of meal.One serving(250 g) of Kanji consists of 178 calories.

History
It is an ancient South Indian Cuisine which is popular even today.There is a proverb in Tamil which says "Kannathavan Kanjiya oothi oothi kudipan"(Meaning of which is - if a person is starving for many days he will drink more Kanji. Ancient Tamil literature talks about Kanji. There is also much information chiseled in the Temple walls about fasting and having Kanji.Ancient Tamil people followed "Unave Marunthu, Marunthe Unavu" which means Food is medicine, Medicine is food". The dishes they prepared were totally wholesome.Still it is a staple food for a immense rural population.This comes under the authentic food of South India.

References

*[http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/food/benefits-benefits-of-rice-kanji/article19384922.ece ]

*[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/chennai-is-dishing-it-out-this-iftar/articleshow/59194061.cms ]