Healthy Recipes

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Bran Rice Porridge(Bran Rice Kanji)

Today Bran Rice Porridge is served freshly as the Healthy recipe of the Day.It can be done in two ways either with boiled Bran Rice or pulsed Bran Rice.Using the first one,U may be over-cooking the Bran Rice in the process(the nutrients may not  be retained).While doing it with pulsed Bran Rice,U will be pressure-cooking the porridge upto 1-2 whistles and serve it with milk or buttermilk or curd or U can have it alone.Can be done in 10 mins time and this serves 3-4 nos.It can be served for breakfast or Dinner weekly once.U can do this Porridge with Oats flakes,wheat granules,ragi(finger-millet) Powder etc,. Enjoy ur Meal!.BonAppetit!.

Bran Rice Porridge:

Ingredients:
Bran Rice - 1 cup(Electric Rice Cooker Cup)
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp grated ginger
6 whole peppercorns or 2-3 crushed
1/4 tsp salt
800 ml water
1 cup milk or buttermilk or plain low-fat yoghurt(optional)

Directions:
1.Heat a saucepan and dry-roast the Bran rice for 20-secs on low flame.Leave it to cool.
2.Pulse it 2-3 times till it is coarsely ground.Mix it with 250 ml water with no lumps.
3.Take a pressure pan,measure and add 800 ml water.Let it boil for a min and then add pulsed bran rice mixture and keep on stirring it till it dissolves completely.
4.Add cumin seeds,grated ginger,salt and peppercorns.Mix it well.Pressure-cook it upto 2 whistles.Leave it for 10 mins for the pressure to be released.
5.U can have it alone or serve it with milk or buttermilk or curd.

U might also like:

Wheat Soup
Healthy Grilled Sandwich
Oats Upuma
Peppered Turmeric Milk
Healthy Oats Idli
Coconutmilk Riceflakes(Aval or Poha)
Brown Riceflakes Puttu
Garlic Milk
Steamed Puttu with Spinach and G.Moongdal Masala

10 comments:

  1. Healthy kanji ..need to try out the bran rice sometime.

    Vardhini
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  2. Light and healthy dish but so flavorful!


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  3. loved this Healthy n easy to make porridge

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  4. Very healthy and nutritious too.

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  5. happy diwali my dear blogger frnd.

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  6. What a healthy porridge!! wud go soo well with buttermilk!!!

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