# Tong Katurani

Tong Katurani is a refreshing, tangy, earthy, and probiotic-rich fermented rice water from ancient Odisha, traditionally served ice cold.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup Cooked rice
- 3 tbsp Curd (yogurt)
- 1 inch Mango ginger
- 7 no. Lemon leaf
- 2 sprig Curry leaf
- 1 no. Green chili
- 8 no. Lemon Slice
- 0.5 no. Lemon
- 0.5 tbsp Roasted cumin powder
- as needed Salt
- as needed Water

## Instructions

1. In a deep bowl, take cooked rice along with sufficient water and mix well.
2. Cover the bowl, keep aside to ferment for 1-2 days or at least for 18-20 hours.
3. Mash the rice very well using a potato masher.
4. Then strain the rice and keep aside the water (torani).
5. Into that bowl add well beaten yogurt, torani (strained water) and give a quick mix.
6. Roughly muddle mango ginger, curry leaves, lemon leaves, green chilies and add to the rice bowl.
7. Next squeeze half lemon and also add the lemon slices, lemon leaves, roasted cumin powder, and salt.
8. Mix everything and also adjust the consistency by adding less or more water.
9. Pour into a serving bowl and serve!

## Equipment

- deep bowl
- potato masher
- serving bowl

## Tips

- Once you see froth, it's a sign that it's fermenting.
- Adjust consistency by adding less or more water.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUI7soWkhUN/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3140ddf3-8230-4957-8ed4-8e3f91299635
- Extracted: 2026-01-31

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