Having started knowing the benefits of millets, the first recipe I tried with millets is this and it turned out very well than I expected and my hubby couldn't notice the difference in the rice actually and he felt it tasted more than the regular
I was very surprised by the taste when I first made this Samai Mushroom Briyani, it had more than the usual flavours and taste with our regular basmati rice
Interested in health benefits of Little millet, click here. Little millet/ Samai rava upma is a healthy and tasty upma which we all loved with Onion kotsu sidedish
Do give a try this payasam with the millet in alternative to your regular rice. We all know about the health benefits of millets and many would have been using it in many ways
Millets like Varagu/Kodomillet,Ragi/Fingermillet,Kambu/Pearl millet, Samai/Littlemillet, Thinai/Foxtailmillet/Kuthiravali/Barnyard millet are often cooked at my Gradma's place when i was young
Its always confusing about the water ratio for different types of millet like Varagu arisi (Kodo millet), Samai (Little millet), Kuthiraivali (Barnyard millet), Thinai rice (Foxtail millet) and Kambu (Pearl millet)
With the same measurement instead of Quinoa, you can use Foxtail Millet/Thinai or Varagu or Samai. To know more health benefits abour Quinoa, click here
It is better to switch to these whole small grains called millet with a great variety of them in our daily diet as now the awareness of the rich nutritional benefits of these small grains is widely known and so our usage has increased and almost all dishes using rice or wheat has now been replaced by one of these millet varieties
Eat brown basmathi rice for day to day they are extremely rich in nutrients. Millets have a lot of health benefits and they can be prepared similar to Rava
This is also a great way to reduce the consumption of white rice. The benefits of different types of millets have been discussed many times in this blog and some recipes have been posted too
Little Millet -Scientific Name- Panicum sumatrense,Samai[Tamil],Kutki[Hindi],Samo, Jungle rice. Millets contain higher percentage of vitamins , minerals and other nutrients when compared to rice and wheat
They look similar to SamaiRice in shape but white in colour. This Kuthiraivali Adai is something special as we are combing millet health benefits along with protein power dals
Samai. Kuttu loves pongal and so these days i make only millet pongal and not the regular rice one. I happen to stumble upon this document while reading about millets, it has detailed info on all millets and their nutritional benefits
