Ancient Khapli Wheat Whole : 1 kg

Quantity – 1 kg

Ancient Khapli wheat/Emmers/Faro wheat/ Low Gluten 

Traditional food, resistant to pests and a climate – complaint crop.

“Emmers/Faro wheat, commonly known as ‘Khapli’, is an Ancient grain, dating back to Indus Valley Civilisation. It has curative properties for treating diabetes & cardiovascular diseases, capacity to lower blood glucose, lipid levels.”

Health Benefits
Curative, Therapeutic, Fibre rich, Healthy for the heart, Diabetic friendly.
“Nutritionally superior in protein, dietary fibre, low in carbohydrate digestibility, low glycemic value.” Healthy for the heart, therapeutic for stress. Contains protein, fibre , vitamins and minerals.

Processing
Harvest of organic wheat, cleaned & packed by women farmers self help group.

Sourced by TARU Naturals. Organically grown & community processed by group of 250 organic farmers in remote villages of Maharashtra. TARU Naturals, a fair trade network, is building self sufficiency and creating livelihoods, with natural farming trainings, post harvest technology, value addition & market linkages. The proceeds of buying this product goes directly to our farmers!

Recipe:

KHAPALI WHEAT KHEER:

Ingredients:

• Khapali wheat (coarse grind) – 1 cup
• Indrayani Rice – 2 tbsp
• Fresh coconut – ½ cup
• Jaggery powder – 300 gram
• Cashew nut – 10 pieces
• Raisins – 10 pieces
• Almonds – 10 pieces
• Ginger powder – 1 tsp
• Salt – ½ tsp
• Ghee – 4 tbsp
• Milk – 1 cup

Preparation of coarse wheat
Soak the khapali wheat for 30 minutes. Drain excess water and dry it completely. Course grind the wheat using mixer.

How to make the recipe
Soak indrayani rice for 30 mins. Drain excess water. In a pressure cooker, add broken khapali wheat, indrayani rice, salt and 2 cup water. Pressure cook for 4 whistles on medium flame. Cool. In a pan, heat 4tbsp of ghee and fry all the dry fruits till it turns golden. Add jaggery powder, fresh coconut, dry ginger powder and milk. Mix well. Let it simmer for 2 minutes. Serve hot.