8 Millet Recipes Using Different Millet Varieties – Yummy And Easy

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1. Barnyard Millet Payasam

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Barnyard millet is called samvat ke chawal, meaning rice for fasting, though it is well-acknowledged that it is always millet (not rice) that is used for such preparations.

Ingredients:

1. Barnyard millet – 1 cup

2. Sugar – ½ cup. Instead, use Slurrp Farm Jaggery Powder

3. Milk – 1 cup

4. Saffron – 4-5 strands

5. Dry fruits (cashew, almond and pistachios) – ½ cup

6. Ghee – 2 tbsp

Method:

1. Cook barnyard millet in milk and saffron on low heat until the millet becomes mushy.

2. Add sugar and stir gently to cook the payasam.

3. Heat ghee in a pan and roast all dry fruits in it until they are golden.

4. Add the roasted dry fruits to the payasam.

5. Serve the payasam warm or cool, as per your taste.

2. Finger Millet Laddoo

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Ragi is known as mandwa in Odisha, possibly named after the Mandya region of Karnataka from where the cereals would arrive. 

Ingredients:

1. Finger millet (ragi) flour- 1 cup

2. Sugar, powdered- 1/2 cup. Instead, use Slurrp Farm Jaggery Powder

3. Ghee – 3 tsp

4. Milk – 1/4 cup

5. Cardamom powder-1 tsp

6. Coconut, grated – 2 tbsp

7. Dry fruits, finely chopped – 2 tbsp

Method:

1. Dry roast finger millet flour until it is aromatic.

2. Add ghee in a pan and roast grated coconut and dry fruits.

3. Heat milk and melt the jaggery in it.

4. Now, add all the ingredients together and mix well.

5. Shape into lemon-sized balls.

6. Cool the laddoos before serving.

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3. Foxtail Biryani

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Foxtail millet in Telugu is known as Korralu. Unlike wheat, millets are gluten-free and great options for those suffering from Celiac disease or gluten-intolerances.

Ingredients:

1. Foxtail Millet – 1½ cup

2. Onion sliced – 2,

3. Carrots, chopped – 2

4. French beans – 15

5. Green peas, shelled – 1 cup

6. Salt – as per taste

7. Green cardamoms – 8

8. Black cardamom – 1

9. Cloves – 15

10. Cinnamon stick – 1 inch

11. Bay leaf – 1

12.Caraway seeds (shahi jeera) – ½ tsp

13.Ginger-garlic paste – 1½ tsp

14. Turmeric powder – 1 tsp

15. Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

16. Coriander powder – 1 tsp

17. Tomatoes – 1 cup

18. Garam masala powder – 1 tsp

19. Lemon juice – 1 tsp

20.Coriander leaves, chopped – 2 tsp

21. Mint leaves chopped – 2 tsp

Method:

1. Boil Foxtail millet in 4 cups boiling water with salt, 1-2 green cardamom, 1-2 cloves and ½ inch cinnamon, until the millet is three-fourth way cooked. Drain excess water and set aside.

2. Chop all the vegetables into ½ inch pieces. Blanch them and keep aside.

3. Roast the remaining green cardamoms, cloves, black cardamom and cinnamon along with bay leaf and caraway seeds in a thick-bottomed pan.

4. Add tomatoes, ginger-garlic paste, deep-fried onions, carrot, French beans, and boiled green peas.

5. Sprinkle salt, cover and cook on medium heat for 2 minutes.

6. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala and mix.

7. Simmer for 2 minutes.

8. Arrange a layer of millet at the top over that arrange half the cooked vegetables.

9. Sprinkle fried onions, lemon juice, coriander leaves and mint leaves.

10. Cover with a lid and cook. Let it stand for 5 minutes. Serve hot.

Tip: Substitute the vegetables with chicken or prawns for a non-vegetarian version.

4. Kodo Millet Upma

Did you know?

Not just kodo millet, all varieties of millets offer antioxidant protection to the human body.

Ingredients:

1. Foxtail Millet – 1½ cup

2. Kodo millet grain – 1 cup

3. Onions, chopped

4. Green chillies, chopped – 2

5. Carrot, chopped – 1

6. Beans, chopped, 1

7. Potato, chopped – 1

8.Ginger, grated – 1 inch

9. Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

10. Black gram dal – 1 tbsp

11. Bengal gram da – 1 tbsp

12. Curry leaves – 5

13. Water – as required

14. Oil – as required

Method:

1. Wash kodo millet 2-3 times, then drain the water and keep it aside.

2. Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add mustard seeds and let it splutter.

3. Now, add black gram dal, chana dal, curry leaves, and green chilies.

4. Once the dal turns golden brown add onions, ginger, turmeric. Sauté till onions turns golden brown.

5. Add carrots, beans, and potatoes. Sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.

6. Add kodo millet and sauté for a minute, till all the ingredients.

7. Pour water and add salt. Bring to boil and close. Cook in moderate flame for 3 whistles.

8.  Once the pressure subsides, open the lid and transfer the upma on to a serving plate.

9. Serve hot with any type of chutney or sambar.

5.  Little Millet Soup

Did you know?

India has proposed to the UN that 2018 be declared as ‘International Year of Millets’

Ingredients:

1. Little millet – 2-3 tbsp

2. Water – 4 cups

3. Vegetable stock cubes -2

4. Carrot – 1 (small)

5. Celery – 1

6. Mixed herbs – 1 tsp

7.Rock salt – As per taste

8. Chives, fresh, dried or frozen – ½ tsp

Method: 

1. Rinse the millet briefly under hot water.  

2. Dissolve vegetable stock cubes in hot water and place it with millet, mixed herbs and a pinch of salt.

3. Cook the millet at medium high-heat for about 5 minutes. Once it comes to boil, reduce the heat.

4. Grate the carrot and the celery finely and add it to the soup.

5. Leave the soup to simmer for another 10 minutes before you take it off the heat.

6. Season the soup and sprinkle with chives. Serve with freshly toasted bread on the side.

Tip: For a heartier soup, add vegetables of your choice – onions, mushrooms, bell peppers etc.

6. Pearl Millet Dosa

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India is the largest producer of pearl millet in the world.

Ingredients:

1. Pearl millet – 180 gm

2. Black gram (without skin) – 180 g

3. Rice – 150 gm

4. Boiled rice – 40 gm

5. Fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp

6. Salt – to taste

7. Oil for drizzling

8. Water as required

Method: 

1. Rinse the pearl millet and soak it for 4 to 5 hours.

2. Soak black gram, rice, boiled rice and fenugreek seeds, all separately, for 2 hours.

4. Grind all of them together to make a smooth batter, adding water as required.

5. Transfer the batter into a container with a lid and allow it to ferment in a warm place for 5-6 hours.

6. If the fermented batter is too thick, add water to bring it to spreading consistency.

7. Heat a griddle. Pour a ladleful of batter on it and keep spreading outwards in a circular motion.

8. Drizzle oil around the dosa. When one side is crisp and brown, flip it and cook the other side for 30 seconds. Flip over and fold it.

9. Serve with your choice of chutney.

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7. Proso millet samosas

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Due to their low glycemic content, millets can help prevent and control diabetes which is becoming a serious health crisis in India.

Ingredients:

1. Proso millet flour – 1 cup

2. Ragi Flour –  1 cup

3. Water – 5 tbsp

4. Potatoes – 1 cup,

5. Boiled peas- ½ cup

6. Onions – ¼ cup

7. Green chilies – 2

8. Curry leaves – 10

9. Salt – To taste

10.Oil – 3 tbsp

11. Water

Method:

1. Mix proso millet flour and o maida and add water to knead into dough.

2. Make chapatti-sized balls of the dough and use a rolling pin to spread them out.

3. Use a knife to cut the chappatis into halves.

4. For the stuffing, boil the potatoes and let them cool.

5. Mash the potatoes and add chopped onions, green chilies, curry leaves, and salt to taste.

6. Fill the above mixture in each half chapatti and fold in a triangular shape.

7. Heat oil in a kadhai and deep fry the samosas.

8. Serve hot with ketchup or chutney of your choice.

8. Sorghum Muffins

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One of the most popularly used millets the world over, sorghum is especially preferred for baking.

Ingredients:

1. Sorghum flour – 1 cup

2. Ragi flour – 1 cup

3. Baking powder – 2 tsp

4. Baking soda – ¼ tsp

5. Cocoa powder – 1 tbsp

6. Vanilla essence – 1 tsp

7. Condensed milk – 400 ml

9. Milk – 1 cup

10. Melted butter – 3-4 tbsp

Method: 

1. Sift sorghum flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, cocoa and baking soda in a bowl.

2. In another bowl, mix condensed milk with milk, vanilla essence and melted butter. Mix thoroughly.

3. Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and mix only until the ingredients are well-combined.

4.Grease muffin cups with a little oil and spoon the batter till three-fourths full.

5. Place in a preheated oven and bake at 180°Celsius (360°F) for 30-40 minutes or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.