Name: Millet flake travel mix
Yield: Serves 4–5
Ingredients: 4 tbsp ghee or coconut oil; 50 g goji berries, raisins or other dried berries; 120 g crunchy millet flakes (or rolled millet flakes); 1 tbsp fennel seeds; 2 tbsp ground cinnamon; 3 heaped tbsp chia seeds; 3 heaped tbsp whole flaxseeds; 1 tbsp jaggery, chopped; 30 g desiccated coconut; seeds of 5 cardamom pods, ground; 1 tbsp ground ginger (omit if you’re feeling Pitta); 2 tbsp ground coriander

Preparation info

Serves
4–5

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

East by West

By Jasmine Hemsley

Published 2017

About

Eating well while travelling can be either a match made in heaven or a nightmare, depending on where you’re going and how you’re getting there! This is my little travel mix, inspired by my stay at Vana Ayurvedic Retreat when I combined dried fruits and cinnamon with ragi flakes (a type of dark millet found in Asia) in a jar for my flight home. For the absolute lightest meal I added hot water, allowed it to sit and enjoyed the malty simplicity and all-important dose of spices.

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