Tuesday, January 19, 2010

சத்துமாவு கஞ்சி


Saththumaavu gruel :

In the hurry world giving breakfast to kids is big process.
Always they refuse to eat.
to give them a nutricious food is a must.
you can give this gruel to them.
Even elders and babies (6 months and above)can have this.
it is healthy and tasty.
Since we can get most items in flour it is easy to prepare at home itself.
we used to have this gruel as breakfast.My kid loves this.
now a days i am tension free at morning.

Ingredients :
Rice flour - 1 cup
Wheat flour - 1 cup
kambu(Millet) flour-100 gm
Ragi(Finger Millet or Kelvaragu) flour - 1 cup
Greengram(pachhai payiru) flour - 1 cup
Corn (Cholam) flour - 1 cup
potuukadalai(porikadalai)(Roasted split Chickpeas) - 1 cup
Nila kadalai(peanut) - 1/3 cup
Poppy seeds - Kasakasa - 1/5 cup
Cardamom - Elakkai - Few
Almond - Badam (Optional) - 10
Cashew - Mundhiri - 10
Procedure
Fry all the flours lightly and separately.
fry lightly pottukadalai and peanut.
powder them in mixie or blender.
fry poppy seeds,cardamom,almond and cashew.
powder them in mixie or blender.
Mix all the flour together.
Store it in an airtight container.

Gruel:

Boil 2 cups of water (adjust water based on your taste. Add more water if you want the gruel to be watery).
Take 3 Tsp of Nutritious powder and mix with little amount of water and then add it to the boiling water.
Keep mixing (see to that lumps are not formed). .
The powder will boil and thicken. Switch off the stove.
Add milk and sugar (as per your taste). You could alternatively add Buttermilk and salt. Enjoy the gruel :)

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