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Instant breadfruit porridge (from freeze-dried powder)

A hot, filling breakfast in five minutes from freeze-dried breadfruit powder — the ration recipe for relief kits and school kitchens.

Serves 2 · 5 minutes · Breakfast · from CRM JA Charity processing team

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup freeze-dried breadfruit powder
• 2 cups water or milk (or 1 cup each)
• 1 cinnamon stick or 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• Pinch of nutmeg
• Pinch of salt
• 2 tbsp condensed milk or brown sugar, to taste
• 1 tsp vanilla (optional)

Method

1. Bring the water or milk to the boil with the cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
2. Whisk in the breadfruit powder in a steady stream. Because it is freeze-dried it dissolves at once — no lumps and no cold-water paste needed.
3. Simmer 2–3 minutes, stirring, until it thickens to the consistency you like. Add a splash more liquid if it gets too stiff.
4. Sweeten with condensed milk or brown sugar, add vanilla, and serve.

Relief-kit version: pack 1/2 cup powder, 1 tbsp powdered milk, 1 tbsp sugar and 1/4 tsp cinnamon in a sealed bag. Empty into 2 cups of boiling water, stir 3 minutes, eat. One bag makes two hot servings and weighs under 100 g.