Millets Porridge Recipe with step by step picture. This Siruthaniya Kanji Recipe made with Rice , kambu and Thinai. Wholesome Porridge recipe.

Millets Porridge

I will never end my cooking with millets session in my blog. Because i am totally loving the taste and texture of them. I have started using them in my day to day life. Even today i made a tagi idyappam and it turned out to be a super hit. Will share the recipe in the coming weeks.

In this simple porridge i used 5 millets thinai, kambu, barley, kollu and cholam. Normallly i make ulundu kanji, wheat ulundu kanji or paal kanji..But this porridge has joined my everyday cooking list. I am making it quite often because i know i feel healthy at the end of it..Try this out and let me know how it turned out for you..

Ingredients for Millets Porridge Recipe (Siruthaniya Kanji Recipe)

Rice - 1 cup
Kambu / Pearl Millet - ½ cup
Thinai / Foxtail Millet - ½ cup
Kanam / Kollu / Horse Gram - ½ cup
Barley - ½ cup
Cholam / Sorghum / Jowar - ½ cup
Garlic - 5 fat cloves or 10 small cloves
Curry Leaves a handful
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 2 tsp
Water - 8 cups (to cook the rice and millets)
Water - as needed to thin the kanji
Milk - 2 cups or as needed to thin the kanji
Salt to taste

How to make Millets Porridge Recipe (Siruthaniya Kanji Recipe)

Wash and take all the millets in a kadai and roast it for 5 mins. Remove it and powder it in a blender coarsely.
Now take washed rice in a pressure cooker, add in all the powdered millets, along with garlic, curry leaves, cumin seeds and 8 cup of water. Pressure cook it for 5 whistle. Simmer the flame for 10 mins, turn the heat off and let them pressure go all by itself.
Now add in additional water, milk, salt and mix well
Serve with pickle or thogayal.

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Millets Porridge Recipe | Siruthaniya Kanji Recipe

Millets Porridge Recipe with step by step picture. This Siruthaniya Kanji Recipe made with Rice , kambu and Thinai. Wholesome Porridge recipe.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 45

Total Time 55

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian, South Indian

Servings servings

Ingredients

1 cup Rice
½ cup Kambu / Pearl Millet
½ cup Thinai / Foxtail Millet
½ cup Kanam / Kollu / Horse Gram
½ cup Barley
½ cup Cholam / Sorghum / Jowar
5 fat cloves or 10 small cloves Garlic
Curry Leaves a handful
2 teaspoon Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
8 cups Water to cook the rice and millets
as needed to thin the kanji Water
2 cups or as needed to thin the kanji Milk
Salt to taste

Instructions

Wash and take all the millets in a kadai and roast it for 5 mins. Remove it and powder it in a blender coarsely.
Now take washed rice in a pressure cooker, add in all the powdered millets, along with garlic, curry leaves, cumin seeds and 8 cup of water. Pressure cook it for 5 whistle. Simmer the flame for 10 mins, turn the heat off and let them pressure go all by itself.
Now add in additional water, milk, salt and mix well
Serve with pickle or thogayal.