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How to prepare healthy creamy sorghum porridge

Take a break from coffee, bread and cereals.

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by The Star

News13 October 2022 - 16:55
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In Summary


• Sorghum is rich in vitamins and minerals like B vitamins, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, and zinc.

• It is also an excellent source of fiber, antioxidants and protein. 

Fermented sorghum porridge served in a calabash at a restaurant within Nairobi CBD, January 5, 2021.

If you are seeing this, it's time to take a break from coffee, bread and cereals.

Sorghum is rich in vitamins and minerals like B vitamins, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, and zinc.

It is also an excellent source of fiber, antioxidants and protein. It is further packed with magnesium which is important for bone formation and heart health.

Peanuts and peanut butter contain nutrients that may boost a person’s health and improve one’s sugar levels as well as help in bodybuilding.

But peanut butter is high in calories and experts recommend that it is used in moderation.

  • Ingredients
  • 7 tablespoons of sorghum porridge flour of choice
  • 4 cups of Water
  • 2 tablespoons of peanut butter of choice
  • Milk (Optional)
  • Extra nuts
  • Banana slices
  • Honey/ sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Pour 3 cups of water into a sufuria and boil it.

Step 2

Add the porridge flour to a cup of cold water and mix.

Step 3

Once the water in the sufuria starts boiling, add the mixture and stir continuously for 5 minutes. Then add peanut butter

Step 4

Add a glass of milk

Step 5

Add sugar or honey as desired, serve hot or top it off with bananas and enjoy.

You can pack it or store it in the fridge and enjoy it later as a cold beverage.

You can add nuts for that extra crunch.


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