Millet Porridge Recipe | Millet Kanji Recipe
Millet Kanji is a simple, healthy porridge made using millet flour, buttermilk, and a few tempered spices. It's light, nourishing, and easy on the stomach, making it perfect for summer mornings or as a gentle meal when you want something light. It is made with just a few ingredients yet so comforting, wholesome and filling.
Servings3
Ingredients
- ½ cup millet flour
- 2 cups + ½ cup water
- 1 cup thin buttermilk
- salt to taste
To Temper
- 1 teaspoon oil
- a small sprig curry leaves
- 2 nos mor milagai
- 1 pearl garlic
Instructions
- Take millet flour in a pan and dry roast for 5mins in low flame. Switch off and cool down.
- Add 2 and ½ cups of water to the flour and whisk it well.
- Now heat this mixture, keep stirring to avoid lumps formation. While stirring make sure you stir till the bottom so that it doesn't get stuck to the bottom and get burnt. Keep whisking.
- At one stage it will become so thick. Switch off the stove and cool down. In a tadka pan fry mor milagai.
- Now take buttermilk and add it. Mix well to form a thin consistency, Add water if needed.
- In the same tadka pan add mustard seeds let it splutter.
- Then add curry leaves and crushed garlic, transfer the tadka to the kanji, crush mor milagai and add it. Mix well.
- While serving crush more milagai and serve Millet Kanji chilled.
Notes
- Roast the millet flour – This step is optional but recommended for a nice aroma and to prevent raw taste.
- Use a whisk – Stir continuously while cooking to avoid lumps. A whisk works better than a regular spoon.
- Cool before adding buttermilk – If you add buttermilk when it’s hot, it will curdle. Let the porridge come to room temperature first.
- Crush the mor milagai – After frying, crush it before mixing into the porridge for an even spicy flavor.
- Adjust consistency – If the porridge is too thick, you can add more water or buttermilk to thin it down.
Nutrition Facts
Millet Porridge Recipe | Millet Kanji Recipe
Amount Per Serving (200 ml)
Calories 139
Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Trans Fat 0.01g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 9mg3%
Sodium 93mg4%
Potassium 167mg5%
Carbohydrates 19g6%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 309IU6%
Vitamin C 0.3mg0%
Calcium 100mg10%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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