Maize Porridge

Ingredients :

• Broken Maize (or Bajra) 25 g.
• Red gram dal 15 g.
• Spinach 20 g.
• Jaggery 35 g.
• Oil or fat 5 ml.

Method of preparation :
1. Soak broken maize in water over night.
2. Heat oil in a pan. Add maize & fry for 5 minutes.
3. Add washed red gram dal.
4. Add water, cook on a slow fire till soft.
5. Wash spinach leaves. Chop and steam. Mash the leaves and strain.
6. Mix the strained spinach soup with boiled maize and dal.
7. Add jaggery to the porridge. Mix well. Cook for a while, remove from the fire & serve.

Nutritive value per 100 gms :
Calories 303
Protein 7 g.
Iron 2 .63 mg.
Carotene 1217 μg.