The Best TOM BROWN Recipe| Multi Grain Weight Gain Cereal For Kids & Adults

maize flour

🥗Healthier: whole grain flour

💰Cheaper: cornmeal

Whole grain flour adds fiber while cornmeal is more affordable.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk reduces calories and water is cost-effective.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener while brown sugar is less expensive.

nutmeg

🥗Healthier: cinnamon

💰Cheaper: allspice

Cinnamon offers similar warmth and is often cheaper.

Welcome viewers and introduce the recipe for Tom Brown.

Mention that yellow corn is the first grain used and explain the benefits of yellow corn over white corn.

Introduce soya beans as the next ingredient and suggest alternatives like black-eyed peas or kidney beans if allergic.

Discuss the nutritional benefits of whole wheat and its importance in the recipe.

Add red guinea corn and white guinea corn, explaining the need to pick out stones and dirt from the grains.

Introduce brown millet, mentioning its high fiber content and the difficulty in cleaning it.

Add tiger nuts and discuss their digestive benefits, suggesting alternatives if allergic.

Introduce peanuts and their health benefits, suggesting other nuts as alternatives.

Explain the use of dates for sweetness and suggest alternatives if not preferred.

Demonstrate washing the grains separately, emphasizing the importance of cleanliness and removing dirt.

Suggest washing the grains until the water is clear and no sand remains at the bottom of the bowl.

Mention the use of warm water for washing and the option to pre-soak the grains.

Demonstrate washing dates in hot water to remove dirt and check for insects.

Explain the washing process for soya beans, emphasizing the health benefits of the skin.

After washing, pour the grains onto different trays to dry, noting that they take different times to dry.

Suggest drying the grains in sunlight or an oven.

Once dry, start toasting the grains, beginning with brown millet and noting the toasting time of 5-7 minutes.

Toast the soya beans separately, explaining that it takes longer than millet.

Pour the toasted grains onto a flat surface to cool down quickly before blending.

Explain that toasting is necessary since the cereal will not be cooked afterward.

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