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