Mixed millets kanji/porridge, a healthy and hearty breakfast porridge to start your day well.

Porridge is an essential part of our food chain right from our birth. Apart from mother's milk, a new born is fed with parboiled rice porridge. Later, starts mashed rice and lentil porridge, with mashed veggies.

As a grown up we too at times prefer porridge for our breakfast. They are quick and easy to make and have lot of option. I frequetly used to make oats porridge or Poha porridge.

When i switched to millets, i changed to leftover millets porridge with varagu/kodo millet and Kambu/pearl millet. But these were cold porridge, served with curd or buttermilk.

Both my kiddos love the Ragi and cashewnut porridge, when served warm with lots of roasted cashews on top. So, as a final touch to the Breakfast Genre, i bring you a Sathumaavu kanji using Mixed millets made at home.

This mixed millets kanji satisfies our sudden hunger pangs, and is also an easy and healthy breakfast option for adults. The kanji/porridge powder can be made ahead and refrigerated.

Here is the list of millets in English/Hindi/tamil

Name of the Millet	Hindi	Tamil
Sorghum	Jowar	Cholam
Pearl Millet	Bajra	Kambu
Finger Millet	Ragi	Kezhvaragu
Barnyard Millet	Jhangora	Kuthiraivaali
Foxtail Millet	Kangni	Thinai
Kodo millet	Kodra	Varagu
Proso Millet	Barri	Pani Varagu
Little Millet	Kutki	Samai
Amaranth	Rajgira	Keerai Vidai

The below given measurements makes a 200 grams bottle of kanji powder, which will last you a week-full, if you are making this everyday.

Totally healthy, preservative free and since i have made this using organic millets, i can also add chemical free

Mixed millets kanji/porridge

Mixed millets kanji/porridge is a healthy and hearty breakfast porridge. Homemade kanji mix, cooked with milk to make a delicious breakfast fit for both kids and adults.

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Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Homemade porridge mix, How to make health mix, Kanji, Millets breakfast, Porridge, sathumaavu kanji

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 15

Servings:

Calories:

Equipment

Pan for roasting
Mixie/spice grinder for grinding the powder
sauce pan for making the porridge

Ingredients

2 tablespoon varagu arisi /Kodo millet
2 tablespoon Thinai arisi /foxtail millet
2 tablespoon saamai arisi /Little millet
2 tablespoon Kuthiraivaali /Barnyard millet
2 tablespoon chutney dal/Potukadalai /Roasted gram
2 tablespoon badam /almonds

To make the porridge

2 tablespoon porridge powder
1.5 cups milk i use full fat
2 teaspoon sugar or to taste
¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
a generous sprinkle of cinnamon powder
chopped almonds and raisins for garnish

Instructions

Dry roast all the millets together. Keep the flame medium while roasting and it should turn golden brown and you should get the toasting aroma of the millet
Take care not to over roast them or burn them, or else it the kanji might turn bitter.
To the hot roasted millets, add almonds and roasted gram. Let it cool for 10 minutes.
Take the ingredients in a mixer and grind it to a fine powder. Do not grind it continuously, as we have added almonds,there is a chance it will release oil and the power might clump.
Once ground, let the powder cool a bit and store the powder in an air-tight container.

To make the porridge

Heat milk in a sauce pan, Add cardamom powder and sugar to the boiling milk.
Mix the kanji/porridge powder in ¼ cup of water and make a thin liquid.
Reduce the flame and add the kanji/porridge liquid to the milk, in thin stream. Stir well, a whisk would be better here, and cook in a slow flame until the kanji thickens.
Take it off the stove and transfer it on to a bowl. sprinkle cinnamon, garnish with raisins and almonds and serve warm.

Disclaimer

I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.

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All it takes is 10 minutes to make this porridge mix and you don't need any fancy equipment to grind. So make this healthy and hearty porridge and enjoy a sumptuous morning meal.

Mixed Millets Kanji/Porridge