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Little Millet Upma
Post Views: 974 Little millet upma is a quick, easy-to-make, healthy, and delicious recipe. This millet contains a lot of nutritional benefits and adds a healthy variant to everyday cuisine. Also known as Samai in Tamil, Little millet, is rich in fiber and contains many minerals. This millet upma can be made quickly for breakfast or dinner. An endless number of variations can be done by adding different colourful vegetables to this recipe and making it more nutritious. Ingredients: To Temper Method: Wash the Little millets well and soak them in water for 15 to 30 minutes. Keep this aside. Add oil, mustard, cumin, and urad dal in a thick…
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Barnyard Millet Vegetable Cutlet
Post Views: 1,035 Barnyard millet cutlets are perfect for a teatime snack. They are healthy, nutritious, and gluten-free. Barnyard millet, Sanwa, or Sama can also be consumed on days of fasting. Serving size: Makes 12 cutlets Ingredients: Method: Wash the Barnyard millet and soak it for 4 hours. In a thick bottom pan, add a little oil and ginger paste. Then, add the soaked millet, carrot, and green peas. Add 1 cup of water and salt as per taste. Let it cook on a low flame till the vegetables are properly cooked and the water is drained. Make sure to keep this mixture dry and not watery. Alternatively, you can…
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Kodo Millet Pulao
Post Views: 906 Kodo millet (Varagu) can replace rice in pulao recipes perfectly. The taste, texture, and flavour are balanced perfectly in this easy-to-make Kodo millet pulao recipe. Just switch rice with Kodo millet to make this healthy one-pot dish perfect for lunch or dinner. It is healthier than your regular rice pulao as it is richer in fibre, protein, and antioxidants. So, try this extremely nutritious and delicious Kodo Millet pulao recipe, and let me know your feedback in the comments. Kodo Millet Pulao Recipe Ingredients To temper: To garnish Preparation Method: • Heat oil/ghee in a small pressure cooker. Add cinnamon, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, and bay leaf.…
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Foxtail Millet kheer/ Thinai Payasam
Post Views: 699 Thinai Payasam – Foxtail millet kheer Ingredients: Preparation Method: Boil the milk and let it cool. Take one teaspoon of ghee in a pan. Roast the nuts and raisins separately. Keep the aside. In the same pan, roast the foxtail millet till it is hot. Add half a teaspoon of ghee if required. Pressure cook the millet for three whistles or cook it in the pan with sufficient water. Add sugar or jaggery to the cooked millet. Stir it well till the jaggery completely dissolves and mixes with the millet. Now add the nuts and raisins and cardamom powder as per taste. Add milk (make sure milk…
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Pearl Millet (Bajra) Nutrition Facts – Everything You Need To Know
Post Views: 1,081 Pearl Millet or Bajra is a popular cereal in India and Africa. It is a good source of soluble and insoluble fibre, zinc, iron, magnesium, and dietary folate. Pearl millet has many health-benefiting properties due to its rich composition of minerals and proteins. As they contain high levels of both soluble and insoluble fibre, pearl millet helps to regulate blood sugar levels. Additionally, they’re a good source of zinc and magnesium, essential for healthy digestion. Finally, these grains are also a decent source of protein and dietary folate (a type of vitamin). So why not give them a try? What is Pearl Millet? The botanical name of pearl…
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The Nutritional Benefits of Finger Millet (ragi)
Post Views: 810 Finger millet, also called ragi, is an ancient cereal with many health benefits. It is gluten-free, high in fibre and low in sugar. Ragi is a good source of magnesium, potassium, and calcium. It can also help to lower blood sugar levels and improve blood flow. So if you’re looking for a healthy grain with plenty of health benefits, try finger millet! What is finger millet? Ragi, or nachni are common names for Finger millet in India. It is an important millet grown extensively in various regions of India and Africa. The scientific name of ragi is Eleusine coracana. This millet originated in Africa and has been cultivated…
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Sorghum (Jowar): Health Benefits Explained
Post Views: 700 Sorghum, or Jowar, is the world’s fifth major cereal crop in terms of production after rice, wheat, maize, and barley. It is also known as Indian millet, durra, milo, great millet, shallu, etc. Sorghum originated in Africa, where it is a major food crop and has numerous varieties, including grain sorghums, broomcorn, etc. In West Africa, it is known as Guinea corn. In India, sorghum is known by many names like jowar, cholam, or jonna. The jowar grains are used mainly for food in India, while the stover after harvest of grains is used as nutritious fodder for animals. Sorghum is used worldwide in food applications, including…
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Introducing The Small ‘Big’ Grain
Post Views: 1,400 Millets are the ancient grains of India. They are small seeded nutrient-rich cereals cultivated and consumed for centuries in Asia and Africa. Millets were a part of our staple diet until the 1960s. However, after the Green Revolution, which emphasized wheat and rice, millets were dismissed as ‘coarse grains. Millets are back in demand because of their high nutritional value, environmentally friendly crops, and food security. As millets were the first crops known to humans, they are known by different names in different parts of the country. But unfortunately, most of us are not aware of the common names of millets. Let’s familiarise ourselves with the different…
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Millets – The Superfood of Our Ancestors
Post Views: 1,801 Food history, especially in India, will be incomplete without the mention of millets. Millet is not a single grain but a group of small-seeded annual grasses belonging to the Poaceae family. There is mention of millets in the Indian Sanskrit text Yajurveda’s verses- of foxtail millet (priyangava), proso millet (aanava), and Barnyard millet (shyaamaka). This indicates that millet culture and consumption have been prevalent since the Indian Bronze Age (3300 BC to 1200 BC). Until 50 years ago, millets were the major crops grown in India. But with the onset of the Green Revolution in the 1960s, the popularity of rice and wheat grew, and millets became…
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Gastric complaints during Pregnancy – How to deal with them?
Post Views: 501 Gastric discomfort is one of the common concerns during pregnancy. Gastric problems can range from mild discomfort to painful cramps in the abdomen. These can be attributed to hormonal changes during pregnancy and diet. In addition, some women may already have gastrointestinal (GI) conditions that can deteriorate during pregnancy and may need specific attention. Why does pregnancy cause gastric discomfort? Nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea, bloating, and constipation are common issues during pregnancy. Your body naturally creates more progesterone (a hormone that helps sustain pregnancy) when you are pregnant to help develop your unborn child. Unfortunately, these elevated hormone levels also relax all the muscles in your body,…
