Kadi Akki Oggarane(Uppittu)

Ingredients:
2 cups broken White Rice / Kadi Akki
4 - 5 Green Chillies
1.5 cups frozen/soaked Green Peas
2 medium sized Onion
Salt to taste
1 tsp Black Gram seeds
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 - 2 Red Chilly pieces
8 - 10 Curry leaves
3 tsp Ghee/Oil
3 - 4 tsp grated Coconut (Optional)
4 - 4.5 cups Water

Recipe:
Chop onion into medium sized thin pieces as shown in the picture below. Chop green chillies into two halves as shown in the picture below.

Wash rice in water for about 2-3 times, drain the water and keep it aside.

Put oil/ghee, mustard seeds, black gram seeds, red chilly pieces in a pressure cooker and heat. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves, chopped onion, green chillies and fry them for about 3-4 mins in medium flame. Add rice, green peas and fry them together for about 1-2 mins in medium flame. Add 4-4.5 cups of water, salt, mix them well and cook.(3 whistles)

Once the pressure goes off, mix them well and serve hot.

Manni / Mixed Grain Cereal for Babies

Ingredients:
1 cup Wheat grains / Godhi
1 cup Millet grains / Ragi
1 cup Sorghum / Jowar/ Jola
1 cup Green Gram seeds / Hesaru
1 - 1.5 cups Crystal Sugar / Kallu Sakkare

Recipe:

Soak all the grains separately in water for about 8-10 hrs. Wash them separately in water for about 2-3 times and drain the water and tie them separately in cotton cloths for about 10-12 hrs.

Sun dry the sprouted grains for about 8-10 days.

Dry roast each grain separately in a pan for about 8-10 mins in medium/low flame.

Grind fried grains, crystal sugar in a mixer into smooth powder and mix them well. Store it in an airtight container.

For 4-6 months babies, add 1 tsp of prepared powder, 1/2 cup of water in a bowl and heat. Mix them well and bring it to boil. Keep this in low flame for about 2-3 mins. The consistency should be like that of milk.
For 6-10 months babies, add 1.5 - 2 tsp prepared powder, 1/4 cup of milk and 1/2 cup of water in a bowl and heat.

Mix them well and bring it to boil. Keep this in low flame for about 2-3 mins. The consistency should be like that of thick milkshake.
This can be served 2-3 times a day. The above mentioned ingredients will serve around 5 cups of powder.