Top 3 Millet Recipes Made From Your Favorite Millets Kodo, Ragi & Jowar
In the past few years, there has been a dramatic revolution in the food choices of people. More and more people are increasingly opting for nutrient-rich foods like cereals, grains, seeds and superfoods over everything else. Millets have stood the test of time and have long been favored for their many health benefits. It is a traditional grain, very popular in Indian subcontinent where it has been grown and eaten for the past 5000 years.
Here, we bring you the tasty yet healthy recipes of millets:-
Kodo Millet Burger:- A burger that does away with all those unwanted calories along with having an amazing taste. The Kodo Millet burger is a meal high on nutrients and proteins to get you through a long tiring day.
Ingredients:-
For patty: 1. 30 gms kodo millet
30 gms watermelon seeds
3 Coriander leaves
3 Spring onion leaves
3 Basil leaves
3 Parsley leaves
2 gms mustard paste
For salsa dip: 1 Tomato
2 tbsp coriander leaves
A pinch of salt
1 Onion
15 ml olive oil
A pinch of black pepper
1 small spring onion leaf
For hummus: 50 gms chickpeas
1 tbsp lemon juice
5 ml olive oil
A pinch of salt
A pinch of chilli powder
1 tbsp coriander, chopped
For bun: 20 gms iceberg lettuce
2 Tomato slices
2 pcs onion slices
1 Bun
METHOD
1.Soak the watermelon seeds and millet separately for about an hour in advance.
2.Grind the millet and watermelon seeds in a fine paste.
3.To this add coriander and mustard paste.
4.Now add cumin powder
5.Add chopped basil, parsley and spring onion leaves to this mix
6.Add salt to taste.
7.Give this mixture the form of a patty and cook it on a non-stick pan till brown on both sides.
8.In a bowl add chopped tomato, onion, spring onion, coriander.
9.Now add olive oil, black pepper and salt to taste. The salsa is ready.
10.For the hummus, boil the chickpeas and mash it into a fine paste.
11.To it add olive oil, coriander, chilli powder, lemon juice and salt to taste.
12.Spread humus over the bun.
13.Now place the patty with slices of tomato, onion and iceberg lettuce.
14.Serve with the salsa on the side.
Jowar Medley :- Cook up a healthy jowar medley filled with healthy vegetables and flavor. Enjoy this mild and light snack in a guilt free way!
Ingredients
1 Tbsp rice bran oil
2 tbsp mustard seeds
15-20 curry leaves
green chillies (de-seeded)
1 tbsp ginger
2-3 baby corn (diced)
1/2 zucchini, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1 yellow pepper, chopped
to taste pepper
to taste salt
1 cup jowar seeds (sorghum)
Method
1.Soak the jowar seeds overnight and boil it in the same water for 15 minutes. (Optional: Boil it with 2 garlic cloves wrapped in a muslin cloth to infuse some flavor.)
2.Heat the rice bran oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chillies and ginger.
3.When the seeds splutter, add baby corn, after a minute add the the zucchin. Stir fry.
4.Add the red peppers and yellow peppers. Stir fry.
5.Add the salt , pepper & cooked jowar. Toss well.
6.Garnish with coriander leaves.
7.Serve.
Baked Ragi Chakli:- Chakli or Murukku is a tasty tea time snack that is prepared in South Indian homes. It is easy to make and too delicious to resist! The name murukku is derived from a Tamil word which actually means ‘twisted’ that refers to the shape of this salty, savory snack. This baked chakli recipe is made from nutritious ragi flour which makes this a healthy and better alternative to the fried ones made of regular flour.
Ingredients:
250 gms ragi flour
150 gms besan flour
5 gms ginger
5 gms chilli
2 gms garlic paste
5 gms salt
20 ml oil
Method:
1.Take the dry ingredients and knead them together. Add oil and required amount of water.
2.Let it become a semi-soft dough. Make two equal sizes.
3.Take one half of the dough into a Chakli machine.
4.Press out roundels of the dough. Put chaklis in a pre-heated oven. Temperature should be around 360°f for 15-20 minutes.
5.Take the other half and repeat the same process. Let it cool, the Chakli whirls are ready to use.
Ragi Mudde:- Ragi Mudde are gluten- free traditional balls made of finger millet flour. This dish boosts your bone strength, immunity with lots of taste.
Ingredients:
1 tbsp Ragi flour
3 tbsp water
1/2 tsp salt(optional)
1 tsp ghee(optional)
Methods:
Add ragi flour and water and mix so that the lumps won’t form.
Make a smooth mixture.
Take 2 cups water in a heavy- bottom pan. add salt and ghee if you want. Bring it to a boil.
Stir the mixture and add to boiling water and stir it well.
Cook this mixture well on medium heat and bring it to a boil.
Keep the flame low and add some flour.
Now mix the flour well.
Now cover the lid and steam it for 5 minutes.
Transfer the dough to a greased plate and knead dough of it for 1-2 minutes.
Make balls of it according to your servings.
Enjoy the ragi mudde with sambhar, etc.
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