Millets…… Millets are gluten free, high in nutritional value and an extremely healthy alternative to wheat and rice. Its health benefits range from lowering high blood pressure and reducing the risk of heart diseases to protection against type 2 diabetes and hormone-related cancers such as breast cancer. The rice that is consumed today is so highly polished, to make it sparkling white, that all nutrition is lost. Our ancestors consumed hand pounded brown rice with an intact bran and germ making it high in fibre content and rich in nutrients like B vitamins, vitamin E, iron, phosphorous, essential fatty acids and more. Similarly, instead of whole wheat flour, today we have only white maida, which is also devoid of any health benefits. Some popular millet varieties Saamai - Little millet Varagu -Kodo Millet Thinai -Foxtail Millet Kuthiravaali -Barnyard millet Kezhvaragu-Finger millet Kambu-Pearl millet How to cook millets? :-Samai, varagu, kuthiravaali can be cooked in the same manner as below and can be used in the same manner as rice. Foxtail millet/Thinai alone needs to be soaked for one hour.Cooking method is the same as below. Ingredients needed Millets - samai or varagu or kuthiravaali or thinai - 1 cup Water -3 cups 1. Clean millets and remove grits if any. 2. Wash and add 3 cups of water and switch on the heat. 3. When water starts boiling, reduce the heat to low, close it with a lid and cook for 10 minutes. 4. After 10 minutes, switch off the flame and let it sit for 20 minutes. The millets will get cooked fully in that resting time. Fluff it with a fork and serve just as you serve rice with sambar, rasam or curd. Just replace rice with millets.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:22:10 +0000
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