Ingredients
- Drumstick - Cut into small pieces - 2
- Turmeric powder - ½ teaspoon
- Tamarind juice - thin juice from a lemon-sized tamarind
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Oil - 2 tablespoons
- Toor dal - 2 teaspoons
- Dhania - 1 teaspoon
- Red chilli -2 to 3
- Small onions - Skin peeled - ½ cup
- Oil - 1 teaspoon
- Mustard - ½ teaspoon
- Urad dal - ½ teaspoon
- Curry leaves - a few
- Red chilli - 1
- Small onion - slightly smashed - 5 or 6
Murungakkai (Drumstick) Kootu Saaru
A special chettiar veetu kootu saaru for rice!
Ingredients
- Pumpkin - skin and the pulp with seeds - from pumpkin of 150 gr
- Raw banana - skin and a little banana - 100 gr
- Snake gourd - soft portion inside the snake gourd along with the seeds - from ½ snake gourd
- Ridge gourd - skin and a little flesh of ridge gourd - from ½ ridge gourd
- Yam - some flesh after removing the skin - from 150 gram of yam
- Chana dal - 2 teaspoons
- Urad dal - 2 teaspoons
- Dhania - 2 teaspoons
- Red chilli - 4
- Tamarind - a small lemon size
- Curry leaves - a few
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Oil - 2 tablespoons
Peel(Skin) of Mixed Vegetables Chutney (Thoppa Chutney)
A healthy side dish using all the skin and the pulp of the vegetables usually discarded while cooking!.
Ingredients
- Curry leaves - 1 cup
- Coconut - Grated - ½ cup
- Green chillies - 3
- Ginger - ½ inch piece
- Oil - 4 teaspoons
- Mustard - ¼ teaspoon
- Urad dal - 2 teaspoons
- Curry leaves - a few for tempering
- Asafoetida - a pinch
Curry Leaves Thuvaiyal
A healthy side dish for idli / dosa and for rice
Amla (Nellikkai) Palm Jaggery Halwa
Easy to make recipe for a Healthy sweet!
Ingredients
- Lemon - ½ to 1
- Honey - 2 to 3 teaspoonfuls
- Water - 2 cups - Hot but not boiling hot
Lemon – Honey Water
The first to drink in the morning!
Ingredients
- Amla - Cut into pieces - 4
- Ginger - ½ inch piece(Optional)
- Honey - 2 tablespoons (or) Pepper powder - a pinch (or) Salt - a pinch
- Water - 2 glasses
Amla (Gooseberry / Nellikkai) Juice
A Healthy Drink to Boost Immunity!
Ingredients
- Curry leaves - 2 handfuls
- Dry grapes - 20 to 30
- Water - 2 glasses
Curry Leaves Juice
A Healthy Juice to Improve the Hemoglobin Level
Ingredients
- Moringa leaves - 2 handful
- Dry grapes - 20 to 30
- Water - 2 glasses
- Cumin seeds(Jeera) - 1 teaspoon (optional)
Moringa (Drumstick) Leaves Juice
A Health Drink to Improve Your Hemoglobin Level!
Ingredients
- Pearl millet flour - 2 cups
- Mango - 2 cups
- Coconut - grated - 1 cup
- Palm jaggery - 1 cup(optional)
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Pearl Millet Mango Roti
Recipe for a Special Seasonal Item Made Healthy with Sprout Millet
Ingredients
- Pearl millet - 2 cups
- Onion - finely sliced - ½ cup
- Tomato - chopped - ¼ cup
- Chilli - sliced - 4
- Carrot, beans, cauliflower - cut into pieces - 1 cup
- Green peas - ½ cup
- Mint leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Coriander leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Garam masala - 1/2 teaspoon
- Biryani masala - 2 teaspoons
- Cinnamon - 1/2- inch piece
- Cloves - 2
- Cardamom - 2
- Star anise (star sombu) - 1
- Biryani leaves - 1
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Water - 6 cups (1:3 ratio)
Pearl Millet(Kambu, Bajra) Vegetable Biryani
A South Indian Spicy Biryani made Healthy with Millet – Easy to Cook Recipe
Ingredients
- Pearl millet vermicelli(readily available) - 2 cups
- Onion - finely sliced - 1/2 cup
- Chilli - sliced - 4
- Carrot, beans, cauliflower - finely sliced - 1 cup
- Green peas and/or ground nuts - 1/2 cup
- Curry leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Coriander leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoons
- Urad dal - ½ teaspoon
- Chana dal - ½ teaspoon
- Cumin seeds - ¼ teaspoon
- Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
Pearl Millet Vermicelli (Kambu Semiya) Vegetable Kichadi
Healthy and Tasty Millet Breakfast Recipe
Ingredients
- Pearl millet - 2 cups
- Mango - thick puree(pulp) taken from ripe mango - ½ cup
- Coconut - grated - 1 cup
- Palm jaggery - powdered - ½ cup
- Dry ginger powder - ½ teaspoon
- Cardamom powder - ½ teaspoon
- Salt - ½ teaspoon
Pearl Millet (Kambu / Bajra) and Mango…
Traditional South Indian Breakfast/Dinner Item Made Special with Mango – A Simple Recipe
Ingredients
- Pearl millet poha - 2 cups
- Rice flour - ½ cup
- Onion - finely chopped - ¼ cup
- Capsicum - finely chopped - ¼ cup
- Carrot - grated - ¼ cup
- Beans - finely chopped - ¼ cup
- Mint leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Green chillies - finely chopped - 2
- Ginger - grated - 1-inch piece
- Curry leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Oil - for making rotis
Pearl Millet (Kambu / Bajra) Poha Roti
A Healthy Breakfast/Dinner – A Simple Recipe
Ingredients
- Pearl millet - 2 cups
- Carrot - finely chopped - 1
- Coriander leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Curry leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Raw mango - finely chopped - 1/4 cup (optional)
- Coconut - grated - 1/4 cup
- Onion - finely chopped - 1/4 cup
- Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
- Oil - 1 teaspoon
- Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
- Urad dal - ½ teaspoon
Pearl Millet (Kambu / Bajra) Masala Sundal
A Healthy Evening Snack – A Simple Recipe
Ingredients
- Pearl millet - 2 cups
- Onion - Finely chopped ½ cup
- Green chillies - 5 finely chopped
- Ginger - ½ - inch piece finely chopped
- Curry leaves - A handful
- Coriander leaves - A handful
- Fennel seeds(saunf) - 1 teaspoon
- Cinnamon - 1 small piece
- Red chillies - 5
- Salt - ½ teaspoon
Pearl Millet (Kambu / Bajra) Vada
A South Indian Crispy evening snack – Healthy Vada with Kambu – Easy to make recipe
Ingredients
- Pearl Millet Flakes - 2 cups
- Raw Potatoes Peeled - 4 medium size
- Coriander Leaves Chopped - a handful
- Green Chillies - 3
- Ginger - 1-inch piece
- Turmeric Powder - 1 teaspoon
- Red Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
- Cumin Seeds - 1 teaspoon
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Oil for making paratha
Pearl Millet Flakes Aloo Paratha
A Special North Indian Healthy dish made with Pearl Millet – Simple Recipe
Ingredients
- Ripe Banana (Mashed ) - ½ cup
- Pearl millet flour - 1 cup
- Jaggery powder - 1 cup
- Cinnamon Powder - ¼ teaspoon
- Salt - as required
- Ghee for making rotis
Pearl Millet Banana Paratha
Tasty and healthy snack item using Pearl Millet – A Simple recipe for you to try!
Ingredients
- Pearl millet - 2 cups
- Grated Coconut - 1 cup
- Salt - ½ teaspoon
Pearl Millet Puttu
Easy to make recipe for a Delicious South Indian Dish – Healthy Puttu with Pearl Millet
Pearl Millet Crispy Dosa
How to make the special south Indian crispy dosa – Healthy dosa using pearl millet
Pearl Millet Idli
The lovely South Indian idlis with pearl millet – How to prepare the soft millet idli
Ingredients
- ● Pearl millet - 2 cups
- ● Toor dal - ¼ cup
- ● Urad dal - ¼ cup
- ● Chana dal - ¼ cup
- ● Red chillies - 4 or 5 as desired
- ● Ginger - 1- inch piece
- ● Asafoetida
- ● Onion - 2 Medium size
- ● Green chillies - 2
- ● Curry leaves - ¼ cup
- ● Coriander leaves - ¼ cup
- ● Oil for making adai
- ● Salt
Pearl Millet Adai (Pearl Millet + Dal…
A typical South Indian recipe of a healthy and tasty adai with millet!
Pearl Millet Vegetable Khichdi
Recipe for a healthy Khichdi using Pearl Millet – A North Indian easy to make dish
Ingredients
- Pearl millet - 2 cups
- Water - 6 cups
Pearl Millet Rice / Kambu Sadham Using…
Using the pressure cooker
Ingredients
- Cooked millet rice
- Sambar - prepared as per the recipe given in:
- Ghee - 2 tablespoons
- Coriander leaves - a little
- Cashews - 8 to 10
Barnyard Millet (Samwa or Kuthiraivali) Sambar Rice
Easy to make Recipe for Millet Sambar Sadham – a Traditional Lunch Item
Ingredients
- Brinjal and Drumstick - cut into pieces - 2 cups
- Raw Mango - cut into pieces - 1
- Toor dal - 1 cup
- Small onion - 10
- Onion - finely sliced - ½ cup
- Tomato - finely chopped- ½ cup
- Curry leaves - a handful
- Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
- Tamarind - small size
- Sambar powder*(Freshly prepared) - 3 teaspoons
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Green chillies - 4
- Mustard seeds - 1 tablespoon
- Urad dal - ½ teaspoon
- Cumin seeds (jeera) - ½ teaspoon
- Asafoetida - 1 pinch
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Oil - 2 teaspoons
- Castor oil - ¼ teaspoon(optional, for cooking the dal)
Brinjal, Drumstick and Mango Sambar
A tasty vegetable sambar for millet rice!
Ingredients
- Millet - 2 cups
- Salt - ½ teaspoon
- Water - 4 to 5 cups
Barnyard Millet (Samwa or Kuthiraivali) Plain Rice
Method to cook the millet rice!
Ingredients
- Kuthiraivali millet - 1 cup
- Varagu millet - 1 cup
- Toor dal - ¾ cup
- Red chilli - 6
- Dhania - 4 teaspoons
- Curry leaves - a handful
- Onion - 4
- Green chilli - 3
- Coriander leaves - a handful
Barnyard Millet (Samwa or Kuthiraivali) Paruppu Dosai
A Simple Recipe for a Healthy Tiffin Item for Dinner
Ingredients
- Kuthiraivali millet - 1 cup
- Milk - 1 cup
- Curd - 2 tablespoons
- Butter - 1 tablespoon
- Green chilli - 2
- Ginger - finely chopped - 1 inch piece
- Curry leaves - a few
- Coriander leaves - a handful of
- Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
- Urad dal - ½ teaspoon
Barnyard Millet (Samwa or Kuthiraivali) Curd Rice
A Traditional South Indian Curd Rice Made Healthy with Millet
Ingredients
- Kuthiraivali rice - 1 cup
- Lemon - juice from 1 lemon
- Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
- Urad dal - ¼ teaspoon
- Chana dal - ¼ teaspoon
- Red chilli - 3
- Green chilli - slit - 2
- Small onion - chopped - 6
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
- Gingelly oil - 2 teaspoons
- Curry leaves - a few
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Groundnuts - a handful
- Cashew- a handful (optional)
Barnyard Millet (Samwa or Kuthiraivali) Lemon Rice
Recipe for a Healthy Lunch Item Using Millet
Ingredients
- Barnyard millet - 1 cup
- Raw rice - 1 cup
- Boiled (idli) rice - 2 cups
- Urad dal - a handful
- Fenugreek seeds - 1 tablespoon
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Barnyard Millet (Samwa or Kuthiraivali) Aappam Without…
Simple Recipe for a Healthy Millet Breakfast/ Dinner Item
Ingredients
- Boiled (idli) rice - 2 cups
- Varagu - ½ cup
- Thinai - ½ cup
- Kuthiraivali - ½ cup
- Samai - ½ cup
- Groundnut - 1 cup
- Fried grams - ½ cup
- White sesame - ½ cup
- Coconut - cut into pieces - ½ cup
- Jaggery - 4 cups
- Dry ginger - ¼ teaspoon
- Salt - a pinch
Mixed Millet Porul Vilanga Urundai
A Traditional Healthy Snack item – Great Substitute for the Junk Snacks or Sweets Made with Sugar
Ingredients
- Varagu - ½ cup
- Thinai - ½ cup
- Kuthiraivali - ½ cup
- Samai - ½ cup
- Boiled (idli) rice - 2 cups
- Toor dal - 1 cup
- Small onion - 2 to 3 cups
- Red chilli - 8
- Dhania - 3 teaspoons
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Oil - for making vadai
Mixed Millet Arisi Paruppu Vadai
A Tasty and Healthy Evening Snack – Easy to Prepare Recipe
Ingredients
- Barnyard(Kuthiraivali) millet - 1 cup
- Kodo(Varagu) millet - 1 cup
- Little(Samai) millet - 1 cup
- Foxtail(Thinai) millet - 1 cup
- Urad dal - 1 cup
- Fenugreek seeds - 1 teaspoon
Mixed Millet Crispy Dosa
A Healthy and Tasty South Indian Breakfast/ Dinner
Ingredients
- Barnyard(Kuthiraivali) millet - 1 cup
- Kodo(Varagu) millet - 1 cup
- Little(Samai) millet - 1 cup
- Foxtail(Thinai) millet - 1 cup
- Urad dal - 1 cup
- Fenugreek seeds - 1 teaspoon
- Red Poha(Aval) - ½ cup
- Caster seeds - 12(optional, based on the availability)
Mixed Millet Idli
A Healthy and Tasty South Indian Breakfast/Dinner
Ingredients
- Barnyard millet - 2 cups
- Kodo millet - 2 cups
- Sago(tapioca pearls) - 2 tablespoons
- Urad dal - 1 cup
- Fenugreek seeds - 1 teaspoon
Barnyard Millet (Samwa or Kuthiraivali) and Kodo…
Recipe for Tasty South Indian Breakfast/Dinner
Ingredients
- Barnyard millet - 4 cups
- Urad dal - 1 cup
- Fenugreek seeds - 1 teaspoon
- Poha(rice or millet) - ½ cup (optional)
Barnyard Millet (Samwa or Kuthiraivali) Idli
A Simple Recipe for Millet Idli with Hints to Increase the Softness!
Ingredients
- Millet - 2 cups
- Salt - ½ teaspoon
- Water - 4 - 5 cups
Ingredients
- Ghee - 1 teaspoon
- Curry leaves - a handful
- Pepper - 2 teaspoon
- Samai millet - 2 cups
- Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
- Urad dal - ½ teaspoon
- Chana dal - ¼ teaspoon
- Curry leaves - a few
- Cashews - 8 to 10
- Oil - 1 teaspoon
- Ghee - 2 teaspoons
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Little Millet (Kutki or Samai rice) Pepper…
Recipe for a Special Variety Rice Item with Millet
Ingredients
- Curry leaves - 1 cup
- Urad dal - 4 teaspoons
- Chana dal - 2 teaspoons
- Red Chilli - 2
- Pepper - 1 teaspoon
- Samai millet - 2 cups
- Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
- Urad dal - ½ teaspoon
- Chana dal - ¼ teaspoon
- Small onion - finely sliced - 8 to 10(Optional)
- Green chilli - slit - 2
- Curry leaves - a few
- Cashews - 8 to 10
- Oil - 2 teaspoons
- Ghee - 2 teaspoons
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Little Millet (Kutki or Samai rice) Curry…
Recipe for a Healthy Variety Rice Item with Millet
Ingredients
- Samai - 1 cup
- Green peas - ½ cup
- Onion - finely sliced - 1
- Small onion - 6
- Tomato - cut into pieces - ½ cup
- Ginger - 1 inch piece
- Garlic - 2 or 3 pearls
- Red chilli - 2
- Anise - ¼ teaspoon
- Oil - 1 tablespoon
- Ghee - 1 tablespoon
- Clove - 2
- Cardamom - 2
- Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
- Mint leaves - a few
- Coriander leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Cashews - 6 to 8
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Little Millet (Kutki or Samai rice) Tomato…
Easy to Prepare Recipe for a Tasty Variety Rice with Millet
Little Millet (Kutki or Samai rice) Ellu…
Healthy Millet Sesame rice – Simple Recipe
Ingredients
- Little millet - 1 cup
- Mango - grated - ½ cup
- Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
- Urad dal - ¼ teaspoon
- Chana dal - ¼ teaspoon
- Red chilli - 2
- Green chilli - cut into pieces - 2
- Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
- Oil - 2 teaspoons
- Asafoetida - a pinch
- Curry leaves - a few
- Ginger - finely chopped - 1-inch piece
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Cashew- a handful
Little Millet (Kutki or Samai rice) Mango…
Recipe for a Healthy Lunch Item Using Millet
Ingredients
- Millet - 2 cups
- Salt - ½ teaspoon
- Water - 4 - 5 cups
Ingredients
- Samai rice - 4 cups
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Cardamom - 2
- Coconut - grated - ½ cup
- Palm sugar - ½ cup
- Onion - finely sliced - 1/2 cup
- Chilli - sliced - 4
- Curry leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Coriander leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoons
- Urad dal - ½ teaspoon
- Chana dal - ½ teaspoon
- Cumin seeds - ¼ teaspoon
- Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Little Millet (Kutki or Samai rice) Idiyappam
A Traditional Recipe for Sweet and Spicy Idiyappam using Millet – A Great Menu for Breakfast/Dinner
Ingredients
- Samai rice rava - 1 cup
- Curd - 1 cup
- Cumin seeds - ¼ teaspoon
- Pepper - ¼ teaspoon
- Cashew - 10
- Curry leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Ghee - 1 tablespoon
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Little Millet (Kutki or Samai rice) Rava…
An Easy-to-Cook Recipe for Rava Idli with Millet
Ingredients
- Thinai - 2 cups
- Varagu rice - 1 cup
- Mango, jackfruit and banana - 3 cups
- Coconut - grated - 1 cup
- Palm jaggery - 1 cup
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Ingredients
- Thinai - 2 cups
- Ripened Mango - cut into pieces - 2 cups
- Coconut - grated - 1 cup
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Foxtail Millet (Kangni or Thinai) Mango Roti
An Easy to Prepare Recipe for Millet Roti
Ingredients
- Thinai - 2 cups
- Raw rice - 1 cup
- Jackfruit - 4 cups
- Coconut - grated - 1 cup
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Foxtail Millet (Kangni or Thinai) Jackfruit Dosa
Tasty Millet Dosa – Simple Recipe
Ingredients
- Foxtail millet - 1 cup
- Mango - grated - ½ cup
- Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
- Urad dal - ¼ teaspoon
- Chana dal - ¼ teaspoon
- Red chilli - 2
- Green chilli - cut into pieces - 2
- Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
- Oil - 2 teaspoons
- Asafoetida - a pinch
- Curry leaves - a few
- Ginger - finely chopped - 1-inch piece
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Cashew - a handful
Foxtail Millet (Kangni or Thinai) Mango Rice
Recipe for a Healthy Lunch Item Using Millet
Ingredients
- Thinai rice - 1 cup
- Coconut- grated - ½ cup
- Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
- Urad dal - ¼ teaspoon
- Chana dal - ¼ teaspoon
- Red chilli - 2
- Green chilli - slit - 2
- Oil - 2 teaspoons
- Curry leaves - a few
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Groundnuts - a handful
- Cashew - a handful
Ingredients
- Foxtail millet - 1 cup
- Raw rice - 1 cup
- Boiled(idli)rice - a handful
- Whole wheat - a handful
- Jaggery - powdered - 1 ½ cups
- Salt - a pinch
- Coconut - cut into pieces - ½ cup
Foxtail Millet (Kangni or Thinai) Rice Sweet…
A Healthy and Tasty Snack – Simple Recipe
Ingredients
- Foxtail millet - 1 cup
- Palm jaggery - powdered - 1 cup
- Ghee - ½ cup
- Cashew - chopped - 10
- Badam - chopped - 10
- Groundnuts - chopped - a handful
- Cardamom - powdered - 3
- Salt - a pinch
Foxtail Millet (Kangni or Thinai) Ladoo
A Healthy and Tasty Sweet – Simple Recipe
Ingredients
- Foxtail millet(Thinai rice) - 2 cups
- Moong dal - 1 cup
- Cumin seed(jeera) - 1 teaspoon
- Black pepper - 1 teaspoon
- Cashew - broken - 10
- Badam - sliced - 8
- Green chilli - slit - 2
- Ginger - finely chopped - 1-inch piece
- Curry leaves - a few
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Water - 6 cups
- Ghee - 3 tablespoons
Foxtail Millet (Kangni or Thinai) Pongal
Recipe for a Healthy Breakfast/ Dinner Using Millet
Ingredients
- Foxtail millet - 2 cups
- Oil - 2 tablespoons
- Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
- Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
- Capsicum - finely chopped - 1
- Tomatoes - chopped - 1
- Ginger - grated - 1 tablespoon
- Carrot - finely chopped - 1
- Beans - finely chopped - ¼ cup
- Green peas - ¼ cup
- Water - 2 cups
- Salt - ½ teaspoon
- Coriander leaves - chopped - a handful
- Ghee - 1 tablespoon
Foxtail Millet (Kangni or Thinai) Vegetable Upma
Simple Upma made Healthy with Millet – Easy to cook recipe
Ingredients
- Thinai - 1 cup
- Palm jaggery (karuppatti) - 1 cup
- Coconut - grated - 2 cups
- Cashew nut - 10
- Badam - 8
- Dry grapes - 10
- Cardamom - 3
- Ghee - 1 tablespoon
Foxtail Millet (Kangni or Thinai) Payasam
A Tasty and Everyone’s Favourite Payasam Made Healthy with Millet – Recipe
Ingredients
- Foxtail millet - 2 cups
- Salt - ½ teaspoon
- Water - 4 - 5 cups
Ingredients
- Foxtail millet flour - 1 cup
- Wheat flour - ½ cup
- Salt - ¼ teaspoon
- Ghee - ¼ cup
- Water - warm - ½ cup
Foxtail Millet (Kangni or Thinai) Roti
Recipe for a North Indian Style Roti with Millet
Ingredients
- Thinai flour - 1 cup
- Jaggery - 1 cup
- Chana dal - 2 cups
- Coconut - grated - ½ cup
- Cardamom - 3
- Salt - ¼ teaspoon
Foxtail Millet (Kangni or Thinai) Poorna Kozhukattai
Sweet Stuffed Snack – Recipe in Simple Steps
Ingredients
- Thuthuvalai leaves - 1 cup
- Curry leaves - ½ cup
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
- Urad dal - 2 teaspoon
- Chana dal - 2 teaspoon
- Coconut - grated - ½ cup
- Pepper - 1 teaspoon
Ingredients
- Drumstick leaves - 2 cups
- Urad dal - 2 teaspoons
- Sesame seeds - 2 teaspoons
- Pepper - 1 teaspoon
- Small onion - 5
- Garlic - 2 pearls
- Tamarind - very small size
- Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
- Oil - 3 teaspoons
Ingredients
- Foxtail millet - 4 cup
- Urad dal - 1 cup
- Fenugreek seeds - ½ teaspoon
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Ingredients
- Foxtail millet - 2 cups
- Carrot, beans, capsicum - cut into pieces - 1 cup
- Tomatoes - chopped - ¼ cup
- Red chili powder - ½ teaspoon
- Turmeric powder - ½ teaspoon
- Garam masala - ½ teaspoon
- Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
- Ginger - grated - 1 teaspoon
- Mint leaves - a handful
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Almonds/ Cashews - sliced - a handful
- Yogurt - 2 tablespoons
- Water - 3 cups
- Oil - 2 teaspoons
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Ghee - 2 tablespoons
Foxtail Millet (Kangni or Thinai) Biryani
Simple Recipe without Onion and Garlic – Healthy Biryani with Millet
Ingredients
- Foxtail millet - 2 cups
- Cucumber - peeled and chopped - 2 Cups
- Rice flakes (Poha/ aval) - 1 cup
- Salt - 2 tsp
- Oil/ghee for making dosa
Foxtail Millet (Kangni or Thinai) and Cucumber…
A Unique South Indian Healthy Breakfast/Dinner – Recipe
Ingredients
- Varagu - 2 cups
- Mushroom - 1 packet
- Clove - 2
- Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
- Star anise - 1
- Bay leaf - 1
- Onion - finely sliced - 2
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Ginger - 1 inch piece
- Mint leaves - a handful
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Garlic - 4 pearls
- Green chilli - 4
- Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
- Clove - 2
Kodo Millet (Varagu) Mushroom Biryani
Recipe for Mushroom Biryani with Millet
Ingredients
- Varagu - 2 cups
- Boiled rice - 1 cup
- Tomato - cut into pieces - 2 cups
- Dhania - 2 teaspoons
- Red chilli - 5 or 6
- Curry leaves - a handful
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
- Urad dal - 1 teaspoon
- Green chilli - chopped - 3
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Kodo Millet (Varagu) Tomato Dosa
A Special Millet Dosa Recipe for Dinner
Ingredients
- Varagu millet - 1 cup
- Toor dal - ¼ cup
- Tamarind - a small lemon size
- Tomato - 2
- Garlic - 3 pearls
- Small onion - 4
- Rasam powder - 2 teaspoons(Recipe available)
Kodo Millet (Varagu) Rasam Rice
Simple Recipe for Traditional Rasam Sadam with Millet for Lunch
Ingredients
- Varagu rice - 1 cup
- Coconut- grated - 1/2 cup
- Mustard seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
- Urad dal - 1/4 teaspoon
- Chana dal - 1/4 teaspoon
- Red chilli - 2
- Green chilli - slit - 2
- Oil - 2 teaspoons
- Curry leaves - a few
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Groundnuts - a handful(Optional)
- Cashew - a handful
Kodo Millet (Varagu) Coconut Rice
Recipe for a Healthy Lunch Item Using Millet
Ingredients
- Varagu rice - 1 cup
- Lemon - juice from 1 lemon
- Mustard seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
- Urad dal - 1/4 teaspoon
- Chana dal - 1/4 teaspoon
- Red chilli - 3
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
- Gingelly oil - 2 teaspoons
- Curry leaves - a few
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Groundnuts - a handful
- Cashew- a handful (optional)
Kodo Millet (Varagu) Lemon Rice
Recipe for a Healthy Lunch Item Using Millet
Ingredients
- Kodo millet - 1 cup
- Kuthiraivali millet - 1 cup
- Boiled (idli) rice - 2 cups
- Toor dal - 1 cup
- Small onion - 2 to 3 cups
- Red chilli - 8
- Dhania - 3 teaspoons
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Oil - for making vadai
Kodo Millet (Varagu Arisi) Paruppu Vadai
A Healthy and Tasty Snack for the Evening – Simple Recipe
Ingredients
- Kodo millet - 2 cups
- Raw rice - 2 cups
- Boiled(idli)rice - a handful
- Whole wheat - a handful
- Curry leaves - a handful
- Small onions - sliced into small pieces - 1 cup
- Green chilli - finely chopped - 4
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Kodo Millet (Varagu) Arisi Adai
A Tasty Snack made Healthy with Millet – Simple Recipe
Ingredients
- Kodo millet(Varagu rice) - 2 cups
- Moong dal - 1 cup
- Cumin seed(jeera) - 1 teaspoon
- Black pepper - 1 teaspoon
- Cashew - broken - 10
- Badam - sliced - 8
- Green chilli - slit - 2
- Ginger - finely chopped - 1-inch piece
- Curry leaves - a few
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Water - 6 cups
- Ghee - 3 tablespoons
Kodo Millet (Varagu) Pongal
Recipe for a Healthy Breakfast/ Dinner Using Millet
Ingredients
- Kodo millet - 4 cups
- Urad dal - 1 cup
- Fenugreek seed - 1 teaspoon
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Oil or ghee for preparing dosa
- Idli Kara Podi - required quantity(Recipe available)
Kodo Millet (Kodra/Varagu) Crispy Dosa – Podi…
A Very Simple Recipe for a Healthy Millet Dosa
Ingredients
- Kodo millet - 1 cup
- Onion - finely sliced lengthwise - 1
- Green Chilli - Cut into two - 1
- Pepper - broken - 1 teaspoon
- Cumin seeds - ½ teaspoon
- Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
- Urad dal - ½ teaspoon
- Chana dal - ½ teaspoon
- Curry leaves - a few
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Groundnuts - roasted - a handful
- Oil - 2 tablespoons
- Ghee - 2 teaspoons(optional)
- Water - 2 cups
Kodo Millet (Kodra/Varagu) Upma
With whole grains – Easy to make recipe
Ingredients
- Varagu rice - 2 cups
- Rice - 1/2 cup
- Toor dal - 1/4 cup
- Chana dal - 1/4 cup
- Urad dal - 1 tablespoon
- Moong dal - 2 tablespoons
- Coconut - grated - 1 cup
- Green chillies - 4
- Curry leaves - a handful
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Onion - finely chopped - 1 cup
- Coriander leaves - finely chopped - a handful
Kodo Millet (Kodra/Varagu) Adai
Recipe for a traditional South Indian Breakfast/Dinner Item
Ingredients
- Varagu rice - 1 cup
- Jeera - 2 teaspoons
- Ghee - 3 teaspoons
- Onion - finely sliced - 1/2 cup
- Mint leaves - a handful
- Ginger and garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
- Cardamom - 2
- Cloves - 2
- Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece
- Star anise (star sombu) - 1
- Pepper - 1 teaspoon
- Curd - 2 teaspoons
- Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
Kodo Millet (Kodra/Varagu) Jeera Rice
Tasty Jeera Rice made Healthy with Millets – Simple Recipe
Ingredients
- Red chillies - 6
- Coriander seeds - 2 teaspoons
- Urad dal - 1 teaspoon
- Chana dal - 1 ½ teaspoons
- Pepper - ½ teaspoon
- Fenugreek seeds - ½ teaspoon
- Asafoetida - 1 pinch
- Cinnamon - ½ inch piece
- Cloves - 2
- Cumin seeds - ½ teaspoon
- Coconut - grated - 2 tablespoons
- Kodo millet (varagu rice) - 1 cup
- Toor dal - ½ cup
- Small onion - 12
- Tomato - sliced - ¼ cup
- Carrot, beans, drumsticks, brinjal, potatoes - cut into pieces - 1 cup
- Green peas, butter beans or double beans - ⅓ cup
- Mustard - ¼ teaspoon
- Fenugreek - ¼ teaspoon
- Pepper - ¼ teaspoon
- Jeera - ¼ teaspoon
- Water - 5 cups
- Bisibelebath powder(Procedure given below) - 2 teaspoons
- Curry leaves - a handful
- Oil - 2 tablespoons
- Ghee - 3 tablespoons
- Cashews - 12
Kodo Millet (Kodra/Varagu) Bisibelebath
A Spicy and Aromatic Food from South India – Made Healthy with Millet
Ingredients
- Kodo millet - 2 cups
- Millet flakes(poha / aval) - ¼ cup
- Urad dal - 2 tablespoons
- Onion - finely chopped - ¼ cup
- Potatoes - grated - ½ cup
- Carrots, Capsicum, Cabbage - finely chopped - ½ cup
- Green chillies - 2
- Coriander Leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Ginger - 1 inch piece
- Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
- Cumin seeds (jeera) - ¼ teaspoon
- Red Chilli - 3
- Asafoetida powder - 1 pinch
- Curry Leaves - a handful
Kodo Millet (Varagu) Vegetable Uthappam
A South Indian Healthy Breakfast – Easy-to-Cook Recipe
Ingredients
- Kodo millet - 2 cups
- Kodo millet poha(aval) - ½ cup
- Palm jaggery - 1 ½ cups
- Urad dal - ¼ cup
- Fenugreek seeds - ½ teaspoon
- Dry ginger powder - ¼ teaspoon
- Cardamom powder - ¼ teaspoon
- Salt - ½ teaspoon
Kodo Millet (Varagu) Palm Jaggery Appam
A simple recipe for a Special South Indian Sweet Appam
Ingredients
- Kodo millet(Varagu rice) - ½ kg
- Jeera - 25 grams
- Black pepper - 25 grams
- Toor dal - 50 grams
- Millet rava - 1 cup
- Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
- Urad dal - 1 teaspoon
- Red chilli - broken into big pieces - 4
- Asafoetida - ¼ teaspoon
- Curry leaves - a handful
- Oil - 4 tablespoons
- Water - 3 cups
Kodo Millet (Varagu) Upma
Recipe for a healthy breakfast/dinner using millet
Ingredients
- Ragi millet semiya packet - 1
- Onion - finely sliced - ½ cup
- Tomato - chopped - ¼ cup
- Chilli - 2
- Ginger - ¼ inch piece
- Carrot, beans, cauliflower, turnip - finely sliced - ½ cup
- Green peas - ¼ cup
- Curry leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Coconut - grated - 2 tablespoons
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Oil - 2 tablespoons
- Ghee - 1 tablespoon
- Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoons
- Urad dal - ½ teaspoon
- Cumin seeds - ¼ teaspoon
- Oil - 1 tablespoons
- Lemon juice (optional)
Finger Millet(Ragi/Kezhvaragu) Semiya Vegetable Kichadi
An Easy-to-Cook Recipe for a Healthy Millet Breakfast/Dinner item
Ingredients
- Ragi millet idiyappam packet - 2
- Onion - finely sliced - 1/2 cup
- Tomato - chopped - 1/4 cup
- Chilli - sliced - 4
- Carrot, beans, cauliflower - finely sliced - 1 cup
- Green peas - 1/4 cup
- Ginger garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
- Mint leaves- a handful
- Coriander leaves - finely chopped - a handful
- Garam masala - 1/2 teaspoon
- Biryani masala - 2 teaspoons
- Cinnamon - 1/2- inch piece
- Cloves - 2
- Cardamom - 2
- Star anise (star sombu) - 1
- Bay (Biryani) leaf - 1
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Finger Millet(Ragi/Kezhvaragu) Idiyappam Vegetable Biryani
Recipe for a Unique Lunch/Dinner item
Ingredients
- Finger millet - 1 cup
- Boiled rice - ½ cup
- Banana flower - cleaned - ½ cup
- Ginger garlic paste - 2 teaspoons
- Chilli powder - 2 teaspoons
- Cardamom - 2
- Cinnamon - ½ inch piece
- Cloves(Lavang) - 2
- Til (gingelly)oil - 4 teaspoons
- Ghee - 2 teaspoons
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Finger Millet Banana Flower Rice (Ragi Vazhaipoo…
A typical South Indian Healthy Millet Food – Recipe in Simple Steps
Ingredients
- Ragi (finger millet) flour - 2 cups
- Wheat flour - ½ cup (optional*)
- Onion - finely chopped - ½ cup
- Green chillies 3 - finely chopped
- Curry leaves - 1 tablespoon - finely chopped
- Coriander leaves - ¼ cup - finely chopped
- Ginger 1-inch piece - finely chopped
- Salt - ½ teaspoon
Finger Millet(Ragi) Onion Dosa
Recipe for a Healthy and Tasty dosa with Millet
Ingredients
- Finger Millet(Ragi) flour - 1 cup
- Ghee - ½ cup
- Palm Sugar - ½ cup
- Grated Fresh Coconut - ¼ cup
- Black Sesame - 2 tablespoons(optional)
- Groundnuts - 2 tablespoons
- Almonds - 10
- Cashews - 10 (optional)
- Cardamom powder - ¼ teaspoon
Finger Millet Ladoo
Tasty and Healthy Ragi Ladoo – Easy to make recipe of a millet sweet
Ingredients
- Pearl millet flour - 1 cup
- Wheat flour - ¼ cup
- Methi leaves - ½ cup
- Potato 1 - boiled and grated
- Coriander leaves - ½ cup
- Green chillies - 2 chopped
- Garlic - 4 pearls
- Ginger - ½ inch piece
- Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
- Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
- Cumin powder - 1 teaspoon
- Asafoetida - ½ teaspoon
- Sesame - 2 teaspoons
- Salt - as required
Pearl Millet Methi Paratha
A north Indian tasty paratha made of Pearl Millets
Ingredients
- Pearl millet - 2 cups
- Water - 6 cups