Meditational Malt

I had this malt in summers at a meditation center in north Bangalore where we were going through an intense but amazing training. We inmates were not allowed to communicate with anyone, even by gestures - inside or outside of the camp - for 10 days. Tough task for people of my age. However, this tasty cup of malt kept me alive - multi-grain and hot!  It was like a good substitute for an early dinner - taken about a glass - and was palatable. It tasted complete enough - nutrition wise. The desire of having it, twice everyday, grew inside me which can be called sinful in a meditation camp.

Nevertheless, here is how you do it:

All you have to do is soak the ingredients overnight in water, grind to make a paste and boil in water. That's it!

Malt Paste, before boiling

Here are the ingredients:

• Raagi - 1 kg
• Wheat - 1/2 kg
• Read Rice - 100g
• Black Rice - 100g
• Cashew - 50 gm
• Udad Daal - 100 gm
• Ilaichi - 10 gm
• Bajra - 100 g
• Black Chilli - 50g
• Horse Gram - 100g
• Moong (sabut) - 250g
• Methi - 25g
• Peanuts - 100g
• Khajur - 25g
• Ginger - 25g
• Barley - 100g
• Madike Kalu - 100 g
• Coriander - 2 spoons
• Jawar - 100g
• Pop Corn - 100g

You might skip soaking the spices, and soak just the grains overnight.


And if you don't want to get into this ingredient heap, just get equal proportions of:

 Ragi, Wheat and Horse Gram

And the recipe remains the same. Don't forget to add ginger, jaggery (or Sugar) and pepper according to your taste.