Kanji / health mix … it’s a mixed grain porridge high in nutrition for your kids .. it can be started as early as 8 months and be given to older kids or even adults. Its called a health mix as it has all the essential components for good health and overall child development.
The different porridges I have in my blog are
http://indianbabyfood.blogspot.com/search/label/Porridge
I already have a kanji mix recipe in the blog
http://indianbabyfood.blogspot.com/2008/02/kanji-mix.html#links
but this one has more added ingredients
Both of them are good and can be given at different stages of child development. If you are in the USA you can get most of the ingredients in whole foods or sprouts where you get bulk grains and you can buy in little quantities. As we are using lot of ingredients we need only need 100 gms each.
1. Ragi … you can use ragi powder if you don’t get the whole ragi
2. Bajra
3. Maize
4. Jowar
5. Wheat
6. Fried gram
7. Brown rice.. I preffer brown rice you can use the normal ones
8. Green gram
9. Soya beans
10. corn
all in equal quantities say 100 gms then the below items you need in less quanties say 50gms
11. Sago
12. Barley
13. almond / badam
14. pistachios
15. cashew / kaju
16. peanuts
17. cardamom for flavor just a few. Its optional and can be avoided.
Dry fry the above all the items and grind them fine and store it in an air tight container.
sweet Kanji
Take 1 Spoon Of This Powder And Add 1 - Cup Of Boiled And Cooled Water To It. Dissolve It Without any Lumps . Keep This On The Stove And Stir Continusly Till U Get A Shining Coat On Top it Will Become Pasty Add Sugar And Milk To It . Cool To Room Temp And Feed Ur Baby.
Salt Kanji
Do The Same Procedure Instead Of Sugar And Milk U Can Add Salt And Curds And Feed Ur Baby. you Can Make The Consistancy Thick And Feed The Baby In A Spoon (Will Last For 3 - 4 Hrs
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The different porridges I have in my blog are
http://indianbabyfood.blogspot.com/search/label/Porridge
I already have a kanji mix recipe in the blog
http://indianbabyfood.blogspot.com/2008/02/kanji-mix.html#links
but this one has more added ingredients
Both of them are good and can be given at different stages of child development. If you are in the USA you can get most of the ingredients in whole foods or sprouts where you get bulk grains and you can buy in little quantities. As we are using lot of ingredients we need only need 100 gms each.
1. Ragi … you can use ragi powder if you don’t get the whole ragi
2. Bajra
3. Maize
4. Jowar
5. Wheat
6. Fried gram
7. Brown rice.. I preffer brown rice you can use the normal ones
8. Green gram
9. Soya beans
10. corn
all in equal quantities say 100 gms then the below items you need in less quanties say 50gms
11. Sago
12. Barley
13. almond / badam
14. pistachios
15. cashew / kaju
16. peanuts
17. cardamom for flavor just a few. Its optional and can be avoided.
Dry fry the above all the items and grind them fine and store it in an air tight container.
sweet Kanji
Take 1 Spoon Of This Powder And Add 1 - Cup Of Boiled And Cooled Water To It. Dissolve It Without any Lumps . Keep This On The Stove And Stir Continusly Till U Get A Shining Coat On Top it Will Become Pasty Add Sugar And Milk To It . Cool To Room Temp And Feed Ur Baby.
Salt Kanji
Do The Same Procedure Instead Of Sugar And Milk U Can Add Salt And Curds And Feed Ur Baby. you Can Make The Consistancy Thick And Feed The Baby In A Spoon (Will Last For 3 - 4 Hrs
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