It is the best weight gaining food for babies & can be given to babies after introducing rice, dal, few vegetables & fruits, around 8 months. You can make either sweet porridge (with jaggery) or salt porridge (with buttermilk) using this health mix powder.
INGREDIENTS:
Sprouted items:
Finger millet - 2 & 1/2 cup
Whole wheat - 2 cup
Green gram Dal - 1 & 1/4 cup
Black channa - 1 & 1/4 cup
Roasted items:
Sago - 8 tbsp
Red rice - 1/4 cup
Pearl millet - 1/2 cup
Foxtail millet - 1/4 cup
Sorghum - 1/2 cup
Badam - 1/2 cup
Cashews - 1/8 cup
Fried gram Dal/ porikadala - 1/2 cup
Additional items:
Cardamom - 8
Dry ginger powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
METHOD:
1. Rinse finger millet, wholewheat, black Channa and green gram well then soak separately for about 8 hours or overnight.
2. Transfer each to a clean cotton cloth and make a tight knot. Keep it in a container and partially cover the container.
3. For me it take 2 to 3 days for sprouting all those items.
4. Once you are done with the sprouting, let it dry till there is no moisture.
5. Rinse all the grains except fried gram dal, nuts and cardamom. Dry
6. Now start dry roasting each ingredient one by one. It’s enough to roast till aroma comes, don’t let it brown.
7. Dry roast cashew and badams, for 2-3mins.
8. Finally roast the sprouted items one by one just for 2-3mins.
9. Spread all roasted items in a plate and let it cool down completely. Then combine everything together along with cardamom and grind it to fine powder.
10. After you get the powder, spread it to cool down then store in airtight container.
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