SAMAI SAKKARAI PONGAL/LITTLE MILLET SWEET PONGAL RECIPE

I am in the phase of trying varieties of millet recipes now.I have tried thinai idli,mixed millet sathu maavu,millet ladoo so far & shared the same here.Varagu,samai & kuthiravali recipes are in my try list for long time.To start with,i tried this samai sweet pongal recipe / Samai sakkarai pongal. Today being Navratri friday,i made this samai sakkarai pongal for my vilakku pooja.It tasted yummy.U can follow the same recipe & prepare varagu arisi pongal too.Soon i will share ven pongal recipe using varagu & samai here.To check out the health benefits of millet,their availability in Bangalore and for more informations with pictures,please click this link.

Samai sakkarai pongal recipe

Sweet pongal recipe using little millet

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Sweet

Serves: Serves 4

Prep time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 240ml Little millet/Samai - 1/2 cup Yellow moong dal - 2 tbsp Grated jaggery – 3/4 cup Ghee - 2-3 tbsp Water - 2.5 cups Cardamom - 2 nos Cloves - 2 nos Edible camphor - a pinch

METHOD

Wash the samai,drain n set aside.Heat n melt jaggery adding little water to cover it.After the jaggery is melted,strain the syrup and take it in a bowl. In a pressure cooker base,heat a tsp of ghee and roast the moong dal for a minute till u get a nice smell.Add 2.5 cups of water and the washed samai to it.Add a pinch of salt and pressure cook in low flame for one whistle.After the steam is released,open the cooker and add the jaggery syrup.Mix well and let it boil for a minute in low flame.Add 2 tsp of ghee at this stage to avoid burnt bottom.When the pongal starts to leave the sides of cooker,switch off the flame.In another pan,heat the remaining ghee and roast the nuts,cloves and add to pongal. Add a pinch of edible camphor and mix well ,serve ! Enjoy !

Note

U can replace samai with varagu too.But adjust water accordingly. No need to roast samai.U can also do it along with moong dal if necessary.

Make this healthy samai sweet pongal and offer God !

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Millet Energy Mix Powder Recipe | Millet Sathu Maavu Recipe –Millet Recipes

Last week when I went to Salem my MIL gave me this homemade mixed millet powder /Energy mix powder and told me to prepare Dosa or porridge for our breakfast/dinner. She also told me the quantity & the procedure of making it. I never thought its so easy to make. Sorry, I couldn’t take stepwise pictures. I will try to add it soon. Yesterday I made dosa with this flour and it came out very well. I was very happy & contented to get the benefits of all millet/sirudhaniyam in one recipe. Sendhil told me to blog this recipe as it may be useful to many of you. 

So here you go, my MIL’s mixed millet flour aka millet sathu maavu recipe for you all. But this powder is only for adults and not for kids. U can make any number of variations by adding moong dal, nuts and rice too. U can prepare all our south Indian breakfast recipes like porridge, dosa, kozhukattai, adai & paniyaram using this flour. Next week I will try to share some yummy recipes using this millet powder.

Till then check out my detailed post on millets and its varieties with its health benefits.

Thinai idli/Foxtail millet idli

Mixed millet laddu recipe

 

Millet energy mix powder

Energy mix powder recipe using millets for healthy breakfast and dinner !

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Breakfast

Yields: 1.5 kgs

Prep time: 20 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Ragi/Finger millet - 1/4 kg Varagu/Kodo millet - 1/4 kg Saamai/Little millet - 1/4 kg Kuthiravali/Barnyard millet - 1/4 kg Kambu/Pearl millet - 1/4 kg Thinai/Foxtail millet - 1/4 kg

METHOD

Clean the millets in muram if you suspect for any debris. Heat a wide kadai and dry roast all the millets one by one. Stand nearby & keep mixing without moving around else it may burn as they are very small in size. Keep the flame medium high. Each millet takes maximum 3-4 minutes to get roasted. Roast them one by one till its color changes slightly and you get a nice roasted smell. Collect them in a plate and let it cool. After it cools down, grind them in a flour mill or mixie. Sieve it and spread the flour in a paper to cool down. Store in an air tight box. Stays good for months ! U can make sweet or salt porridge, Dosa by adding buttermilk, adai or even kozhukattai too !

Note

Roasting the millets gives a nice flavour to the powder. Don’t skip it but be careful while roasting. Do not burn them. For variations,  you can add roasted green gram dal or yellow moong dal. U can add rice too.

Make this millet powder and enjoy the benefits of all millets in one recipe. 

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Thinai Idli Recipe | Foxtail Millet Idli - Millet Recipes

Last week I tried thinai idli recipe for the first time using fermentation method. Earlier I tried an Instant Foxtail millet idli which was a super flop. But this recipe worked out very well. Idli came out soft and spongy. I made idli as well as dosa with this batter. Its taste & texture was more like our usual idli, dosa. Only its color was not pure white.

We were very happy to have a healthy breakfast recipe & I was even more happy as i have got yet another interesting idli recipe to include in my idli varieties. In other languages, Thinai is called as ”Foxtail millet” in English,”Navane” in Kannada,”Kakum”in Hindi,”Korra” in Telugu,”Thina” in Malayalam,”Kaon” in Bengali,”Kang” in Marathi & Gujarati and ”Kanghu” in Oriya.

Last year few readers told me to post some quinoa recipes & I was thinking that quinoa in called as Thinai in Tamil.

But when I googled, I found quinoa & thinai (foxtail millet) are different. I will try to buy quinoa in Bangalore and try to post some healthy recipes with it. But before that, I wanted to share this easy and healthy millets recipe which is a great replacement for our rice idli. 

Please check this link to know more details about “Thinai & its health benefits” with pictures. Lets see how to make thinai arisi idli recipe . Soon I will share some more interesting recipes with other millets too. Don’t forget to check out my Mixed millet laddo recipe & other millet recipes .

Thinai idli/Foxtail millet idli recipe

Idli recipe using Foxtail millet - Healthy breakfast recipe !

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Breakfast

Serves: 30

Prep time: 4 Hours

Cook time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 4H15M Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 250ml Foxtail millet/Thinai - 2.5 cups Idli rice/Salem rice - 1/2 cup Urad dal - 1/2 cup Aval/Poha - 1/4 cup Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp Salt & water - as needed

HOW TO MAKE THINAI IDLI - METHOD

Measure & take all the ingredients together and wash it carefully . Its better if you wash it using a strainer. Soak for 3-4 hours. Grind them to a smooth paste adding required water and salt. Remove mix well and allow it to ferment overnight or minimum 8 hours. The  next day, batter would have raised well (Not doubled). Now mix the batter very well and pour in a idli plate. Boil water in a idli pan and keep the plates. Steam it for 10-15 minutes. Check with the back of a spoon for doneness. If the spoon comes out clean, idli is ready. Remove  the idli plate and rest it for 2-3 minutes before removing them else it will be sticky. Refrigerate the batter & make dosas the next day. Enjoy !

Note

This batter becomes sour very quickly so refrigerate it after 8 hours till you use it. Do not use more urad dal than the mentioned quantity because idli will become sticky. Do not remove the idlis if its very hot. It may be sticky. Give a standing time of 2-3 minutes before u remove. If the quality of urad dal is too bad,use little more than 1/2 cup. Similarly if the quality of dal is too good, use 1/3 cup. It varies. U can also make dosas using the above batter.

Do Check out my Mixed Millet laddu recipe & other millet recipes if interested !

Thinai Dosai 

Enjoy this healthy foxtail millet/thinai idli for breakfast with your favourite chutney and sambar !

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MILLET LADDU RECIPE | MIXED MILLET LADOO - MILLETS RECIPES

I am happy to share my first post on millet recipes/Siruthaniya unavugal(in Tamil). As I wanted to start with a easy sweet recipe, I tried this mixed millets laddu adding jaggery (Siruthaniya ladoo in Tamil) / Multi millet laddu. It came out very well. Sendhil loved it a lot. I have seen millet laddu recipes using ragi or thinai /Foxtail millet. 

For a change, I used all the millets like thinai, kambu, kuthiravali, saamai, varagu, ragi and in addition I used yellow moong dal and barley to make it like sathumaavu urundai/Health mix powder balls to get all the health benefits of millets. I made this laddu keeping Diabetic patients in mind. So I skipped sugar & used jaggery as I din’t have karuppatti/Palm jaggery in hand. U can give this ladoo to your kids too if they like jaggery flavour. Else make it with powdered sugar. 

U can store this laddu for weeks and give your kids one laddu a day. I am sure they will get all the nutrients required for them. Try this power packed easy millet laddu recipe for your family and enjoy the health benefits of all the millets in one go !

Do check out my detailed post on Millets varieties, how to identify them and where to buy it etc.

Mixed Millets laddu recipe

Mixed Millets laddu recipe with jaggery – Healthy snacks recipes !

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Sweets

Serves: Yields 15nos

Prep time: 15 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 25 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy
INGREDIENTS

Thinai /Foxtail millet– 3 tbsp Kambu /Pearl millet– 3 tbsp Ragi /Finger millet– 3 tbsp Kuthiravali /Barnyard millet– 3 tbsp Varagu / Kodo millet– 3 tbsp Saamai /Little millet– 3 tbsp Moong dal – 2 tbsp Barley – 1 tbsp Grated jaggery – 3/4 –1 cup Cardamom seeds– 4 nos Melted Ghee – 6 tbsp (adjust)

METHOD - HOW TO MAKE MILLET LADDU

In a wide kadai, take all the millets, moong dal, barley and cardamom seeds. Dry roast it in medium flame till you get a nice roasted aroma. Roasting takes 10 minutes based on the flame you keep. Make sure you don’t burn the millets while roasting. (If you want, you can roast the millets one by one). Allow it to cool. In the mean time, grate the jaggery and melt the ghee & roast the cashews. Now grind the roasted millets to a fine powder. Sieve if necessary. After its ground smooth, add the grated jaggery and again grind it to a fine powder. Check for sweetness. Add more jaggery if you need. Now take the ground mixture in a wide bowl. Make a dent in the center. Add the melted ghee and roasted cashews. Mix well with the ladle as the ghee is hot. Once the mixture is warm, mix well with your hands and make balls. Add more ghee if needed OR you can also add few drops of milk or water if you want to reduce the quantity of ghee. But the shelf life of laddu will be reduced if you add milk. So use it accordingly. Make all ladoos and store in an air tight box. Enjoy. It stays good for weeks.

Note

Adjust the quantity of grated jaggery as per your sweet buds. If you add less jaggery, you may need to add more ghee. Sieving the ground flour is completely optional. If you don’t sieve, you may get some crunchy taste while eating not very smooth. U can also add a handful of fried gram dal while roasting millets. It gives a nice flavour and an added benefit for kids. U can also replace jaggery with sugar if you want to make it for kids.

Make this easy and healthy millet laddu, enjoy eating and reap its health benefits !

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