Millets are easy to digest, gluten-free, have higher nutritional value than wheat, especially phosphorus and iron. It is also rich in fiber. Names of millet in English and Tamil -Saamai-Little millet, Varagu-Kodo Millet Thinai-Foxtail Millet, Kezhvaragu-Finger millet, Kambu-Pearl millet, Kuthiravaali-Barnyard millet. Find a list of Millets Recipes below-
Eat Millets in moderation - Include a variety of good grains in your diet. Do not eradicate other grains and stick to millets alone. Refer Thinai idli post for important information about millets.
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Ragi Chocolate Cake |
Eat Millets in moderation - Include a variety of good grains in your diet. Do not eradicate other grains and stick to millets alone. Refer Thinai idli post for important information about millets.
Egg less Ragi Chocolate Cake
Foxtail Millet Khichdi
Multigrain Porridge
Foxtail Millet Paruppu Adai
Keppai Koozh (salted version)
Ragi Dosa (3 recipes)
Ragi Puttu (sweet version)
Thinai Dosa (foxtail millet dosa)
Thinai Sakkarai Pongal
Varagarisi Ven Pongal
Ragi Sweet Porridge (with dates, almonds)
Ragi Vegetable Adai
Porridge for babies
Varagu Upma with vegetables
Kambu Dosa (bajra / pearl millet dosa)
Foxtail Millet Payasam (thinai kheer)
Kambu Koozh (bajra porridge)
Thinai Thakkali Sadam (foxtail millet tomato rice- healthy lunch menu idea)
Ragi Semiya Upma
Kambu Sadam (bajra rice)
Samai Thayir Sadam (little millet curd rice)
Ragi Biscuits
Foxtail Millet Pesarattu
Millet Vegetable Sevai (you can use any millet)
Thinai Idli and important information about millets
Ragi Idli (without cooking soda)
Homemade Health Mix Powder (sathu maavu)
Sathu Maavu Laddu ( with jaggery)
Kodo Millet Carrot Rice (can use any millets)
Millet Cookies (biscuits)
Millet Upma Kozhukattai
Ragi Sweet Adai (with jaggery)
Ragi Cupcakes
Millets Kara Kuzhi Paniyaram
Millet Cutlet with quick tomato sauce
Millet Upma (rice upma style)
Bajra Atta Til Ladoo
Millet Vegetable Pulao
Ragi Murukku
More Food Grains
I am adding more food grains like Cracked wheat (samba godhumai/dalia), brown rice recipes, bulgar, couscous, barley recipes and Quinoa recipes also here.
# Samba Godhumai/Cracked Wheat Recipes
Samba Ravai Upma
Samba Rava Khichdi
Cracked Wheat Sambar Sadam
Cracked Wheat Oats Idli
Samba Godhumai Payasam (with jaggery)
# Barley Recipes
Barley Spinach Khichdi
# Brown Rice Recipes
Brown Rice Salad
Brown Rice Upma
Brown Rice Salad with beans
Brown Rice Payasam (kheer)
Vegetable Rice with Brown Rice
Brown Rice Dosa
Brown Rice Idli
#Bulgur Recipes
Tabbouleh salad
Bulgur Pulao
Bulgur Khichdi
Bulgur Biryani
Bulgur with peas and mint
# Quinoa Recipes
Quinoa Vegetable Pulao with pinto beans
How to cook Quinoa
Quinoa Breakfast Porridge
Quinoa Vegetable Salad
Quinoa Upma
Baked Tomato with Quinoa and corn
Savory Quinoa Breakfast Muffins
Quinoa Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Bites
Quinoa Tomato Bath
Bell Pepper Stuffed Quinoa
Quinoa with Beans and corn
Tomato Quinoa Chickpea Soup
#Couscous Recipes
Couscous Vegetable Salad
Couscous with vegetable sauce
Easy Couscous with cauliflower and peas
Couscous with sweet corn
Sweet Couscous
Couscous with mushroom and peas
Lemon Couscous
Couscous Upma
Beetroot Couscous
# Polenta
Polenta with red lentils
Polenta Upma (polenta with vegetables)
Breakfast Polenta with dried fruits
Polenta Fingers (healthy polenta fries)
This page will be updated as and when millet recipes,brown rice recipes and quinoa recipes are posted. Thank you for visiting Padhuskitchen.
I have just started to introduce our traditional millets to my family...I was searching for someone who can help me out, thanks I found this blog. This blog is very useful to beginners like me.
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ReplyDeleteHi i was searching for millet recipes as i heard goodness of millets recently and brought.Thanks for your recipes.
ReplyDeleteIts very useful , thank yu :)
ReplyDeletevery useful and healthy , specially the photos, thank you :)
ReplyDeletePlease share some fireless cooking recipes with millets.
ReplyDeleteHi Padhu,
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the Millet recipees.
Can u pls let us know which millet produces heat or reduce heat of body.It will be very useful for me.
It is said that ragi produces heat. So in summer when you take ragi, balance it by taking buttermilk, tender coconut etc.
DeleteSorry, so far I know ragi is a cooling agent not a heat producer
Deleteragi produces heat for body tats the reason its more used in colder regions
Deletewhen it is given to childrens it shd be given hot or warm ..when it is taken cold u can find immediate reaction in childrens ...overnight childrens will get heavy cold
Yes.. ragi produces heat.. my mom used to prepare ragi kali at the time of rainy days..with some keerai masiyal..
DeleteHi,I have just seen ur blog.Truly amazing.
ReplyDeleteWhat is Kullar rice???.For preparing dosa or adai,how long do we have to use it??????
I am staying in Kolkata at the moment.I should its Hindi atleast to buy it from the shop or Marwari name.
Will u pls guide me?????????????????????
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ReplyDeletelike all your recipes...would like you to post kambu idli recipe
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ReplyDeleteA very interesting site..I'm planning to make Foxtail millet for dinner as per your recipe..thank you!also just to see how the millet tastes I cooked little millet for lunch as a substitue for rice and I found it tasting..but can I use millte again for dinner?will it cause any indigestion?also which variety of millet should I use as substitute for rice?little or kodo millet
Thank you so much for liking my website. Millet like Varagu, saamai (little millet) Kuthiraivali (barnyard millet) are very much like rice. It will not cause indigestion. But I have read that too much millets will cause thyroid problems (refer my thinai idli post for details) .So my suggestion is eat millets in moderation. Personally I love kodo millet, barnyard millet and little millet very much. My least favorite is thinai.
DeleteWowe... Great work. Keep going.. V v helpful blog. Lastly I am just wondering did u ever cook all the recipes in your blog? :) Thanks for the blog
ReplyDeleteVery useful recipes. Thanks a lot
ReplyDeleteVery helpful. Thanks great job.
ReplyDeleteAwesome collection. Thank you. Great job
ReplyDeleteNice collection of recipes, wanted to know can we add millet powder while making muruku,thatai,ribbon muruku to make it healthy for kids. And which millet to use.
ReplyDeleteThank you . You can add millet flour but I have not experimented with it yet.
DeleteHey Padhu,
ReplyDeleteI live n the US. I always get millets from India. Do you know where these are available in the general mainstream US?
That's an awesome collection Padhu! Your blog is very helpful to me :)
ReplyDeleteHI padhu,
ReplyDeleteCheck this out. https://millets.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/millets-and-goitre-2/
Looks like millets combined with iodine deficiency only can lead to thyroid problems.
Hi Padhu, Can you tell the exact measurement for millet cooking for variety rice, as my husband does not like if the rice is sticking he wants each rice to be separate for making variety rice.
ReplyDeleteArthi first cook 1 cup millet with 2 1/2 cups of water in a pan. If you feel it is still sticking, reduce the water by 1/4 cup. Millets dries as it cools. So I personally add 3 cups of water. It differ according to the variety.
DeleteThank you so much Padhu... I try and get back to you :)
DeleteHey padhu, I happened to buy a parboiled kodo millet, but it's in different texture .. Is it same as normal kodo millet , could it be cooked in same way ?
ReplyDeleteI have not seen parboiled millet yet in shops. Anyway, you can cook as you normally cook millet.
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ReplyDeleteThank you padhu, I tried pongal with little millet 160 g of lil millet (soaked for some time) and 40 g of moong dal , and added 3 1/2 cup of water , but it came like a porridge and salt as extra . could u suggest anything to fix this ?
ReplyDeleteDrink it as porridge. Next time reduce the amount of water. TO fix extra salt, cook another batch of millets (half the quantity) without salt and mix both.
DeleteThank you !
DeleteHello mam,
ReplyDeleteI am reading your blog more than an year and also love the way you're presenting the dishes.I want some lunch box recipes for my 3 1/2 year old daughter.please suggest some healthy recipes excluding garam masala kind of things since those does't suit her well.
Can I cut the veggies the previous night and store it in fridge? Will it lose the nutrients in them? What about ginger garlic paste
ReplyDeleteDo not cut the veggies the previous night and store it in the fridge. It is always better to cut the vegetables before use to preserve its nutrients. You have make ginger garlic paste and store it in the freezer. Check out my ginger garlic paste recipe in cooking basics page. Regarding lunch box recipes, you can prepare the same omitting green chillies and garam masala.Just add salt, turmeric powder and coriander powder.
DeleteI tried most of the dosa varities from ur blog.. It turned out very well... And tried all broken wheat recipes... I loved it... I learned lot of recipes from ur site... One pot meals, gravies for chappati, payasams, arachuvitta sambar,etc... Ur measurements and pics are very helpful.. Am wondering tat am also cook well... All d appreciation belongs to u only... Thanks a lot mam... Great work....
ReplyDeleteDear Madam,
ReplyDeleteCan you suggest or post as to how you can make dosas out of satthu maavu without using curd?
Hi madam can u pls tell me how to make chapathi using only millets...without adding wheat flour to it...pls reply
ReplyDeleteThanx a ton for your Awesome millet collection.
ReplyDeleteHi madam, could find awesome collection of millet micipes from your blog. I'm a great follower of your recipes. Could you please let me know how to dehusk millets in home? The one which I have got is with husk. Please help.
ReplyDeleteDehusking millets is a very difficult task.You should moisten the millet grains first. Then pulse in the mixie at short interval until the husk comes off. Then you have to winnow it to separate the husk from the millets. That is the reason I buy only dehusked/dehulled millets.
DeleteThe introduction of names of millets from English to Tamil was very useful.
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