Bhujna

Name: Bhujna
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Madhyapradesh)
Ingredients: 100g whole wheat grains, roasted; 50g chana dal, roasted; 50g roasted peanuts; 50g roasted corn kernels; ½ tsp rock salt; ½ tsp cumin powder; Squeeze of lemon

🌱 Vegan📊 Medium

Traditional 80. Bhujna recipe

⏱️5 minPrep

🔥15 minCook

🕒20 minTotal

🍽️4Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Bhujna

Dry roast all grains separately in a hot pan until they turn golden and start popping.
Mix all together with salt, cumin, lemon.
Eat warm or store in jar.

📖 Cultural notes

Bhujna is the ancient breakfast of MP's farming communities — it requires no cooking fire in the morning (grains are pre-roasted) and provides slow-releasing carbohydrate energy for a full morning of fieldwork. ---

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