You can also try soaking it in salt water (uppilittathu) with chilies (Kantharimulaku). In that case try pickles, Amla chutney or even Amla in powder form mixed with Jaggery
Here I paired my breakfast gruel with aviyal, cabbage stir fried, lemon pickle, squid roast, moru curry (spiced buttermilk), kantharimulaku (bird's eye chilies) and a papad
these days kantharimulaku or piri piri chilies are rarely found, so I made with green chilies though piri piri takes it to another level heat wise and taste wise
