Millet Kheer / Millet Payasam

Next in the series of Super grains is Millet/Thinnai Payasam.

Super easy and healthy dessert too.

It is vey flavorful and can be made using almond milk or coconut milk also

Ingredients

Millets/ Thinnai - 1 cup

Coconut milk - 1 cup

Jaggery water - 2 cups

Cashews and raisins - for garnish

Ghee - 1 cup

Method

Fry the super grain for a couple of minutes in ghee.

Pour milk or water in it and let is boil till the millet is cooked completely

Let this mixture cool

In the meanwhile, powder jiggery and mix well in limited water

Let it dissolve completely.

Strain the jiggery syrup and pour it on the cooked millet mixture.

Let this boil at a very low flame.

Add almond milk or Coconut milk or normal milk to this mixture

Now , be very careful not to let it boil.

It should cook in low flame, until it reaches a Kheer consistency

In another pan, heat ghee and fry raisins first followed by cashews

Fry them till golden brown and add it to the Kheer

This can be served warm or chilled.

Millet Vegetable Fried Rice

One of the goodies that we had given to some of our blogger buddies from North was a packet of Millets, and Thinnai. The immediate prompt question that came across was for recipes to include these super grains in  day to day cooking. That is when I decided to choose this as my theme for Choose one ingredient and cook three dishes. First dish with millets is a simple flavorful vegetable rice

Ingredients

 

3 cups cooked Millet

      1/4 cup minced Spring Onions

                                     1/4 cup Green Beans 

                                          1/4 cup Carrots 

                                    1 tbsp Garlic, minced 

                            1 tbsp Ginger, peeled and minced 

                                  Pepper and Salt - to taste 

                                            Oil for sauté

  

 

 

 

 Method

 

Cook the millets and keep it separately

In a wok, heat oil and stir in the garlic and ginger pieces

Add salt followed by finely chopped vegetables

When they are sautéed add a dash of soy sauce and mix well

Adjust Pepper and Salt according to your taste

Take it off fire and add the millets

Stir well and garnish with some spring onions