Biryani makes it to revised anganwadi menu
A child's innocent preference for biryani and chicken fry instead of upma has culminated in the revision of the anganwadi menu in the State.
Just months after the video of young Trijal S. Sundhar, also known as Sanku, went viral on social media, prompting Minister for Health and Women and Child Development Veena George to promise a relook at the anganwadi menu, the 'model food menu' for anganwadi children was unveiled by the Minister at the inauguration of the State-level anganwadi Praveshanolsavam in Pathanamthitta on Tuesday.
The new menu brought out by the Women and Child Development department promises more delicious fare that meets nutritional requirements and is protein and energy rich, while reducing sugar and salt intake.
This is the first time that a uniform menu is being rolled out across anganwadis in the State. The revised menu covers breakfast, lunch, and general feeding and includes egg biryani and egg/veg pulao to ragi ada, soya dry curry, sprouts, raita, fruit cup, nutri laddu and 'parippu payasam' on different days.
Milk and eggs that were provided two days a week will now be given three times a week.
The menu also specifies the ingredients that go into a dish and their quantity and their nutritional values.
After Sanku's mother had posted her son's video on her Instagram handle, the Minister too had shared it. She had later agreed that the anganwadi menu needed an upgrade and had to look appealing to children.
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