Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, thinai/foxtail millets upma. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
How to make thinai Upma / Foxtail Millet Upma - Diabetic friendly food and Nutritious Healthy Breakfast recipe. Healthy Indian Foxtail Millet Recipe called Thinai Sojji. It is quick to make and taste delicious as well. Why not try this foxtail millet upma instead of regular ones.
Thinai/Foxtail Millets Upma is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Thinai/Foxtail Millets Upma is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have thinai/foxtail millets upma using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Thinai/Foxtail Millets Upma:
- Make ready 1/2 Cup Foxtail Millet/Thinai/Kangni
- Prepare 2-3 tbsp Ghee
- Make ready 1 tsp Chana Dal
- Prepare 1 tsp Urad Dal
- Make ready To Taste Salt
- Prepare To Taste Sugar
- Take 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
- Get 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
- Make ready 7-8 Curry Leaves (or a little more)
- Take 1” Ginger (Finely Chopped)
- Make ready 1 Onion (Finely Chopped)
- Make ready 1 Tomato: Finely Chopped
- Make ready 2-3 Green Chillies (Finely Chopped)
- Get 1 Tomato (Finely Chopped)
- Prepare 1.5- 2 Cups Water (RT/Warm)
- Get 1/4-1/2 Cup Green Peas (Frozen/Fresh)
- Take 1 Carrot (Finely Chopped)
- Get 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Get 1/4 Cup French Beans: Finely Chopped- Optional (I didn’t have hence not used)
- Make ready 1/8 Cup Mushrooms: Optional- (I’ve used though)
Not only are they naturally gluten free and full of nutrients, but their high fiber content ensures that you get filled up with less. Foxtail millet, scientific name Setaria italica (synonym Panicum italicum L.), is an annual grass grown for human food. It is the second-most widely planted species of millet. Foxtail millet is "thinai" in Tamil.
Instructions to make Thinai/Foxtail Millets Upma:
- Wash well & soak the Thinai Millets for about 15-20 mins time- Set aside, put a cover to it while soaking. Get ready with the rest other veggies, spices & ingredients
- Heat a frying pan over the medium-high flame & the ghee to it- Add in the tempering spices, aforementioned to it & sauté until it starts spluttering & its nice aroma is smelled.
- Now, add in the chopped onions- sauté for about 2 mins time, until translucent- add in the 3G Paste now & continue sautéing until the raw smell goes off.
- At this point: Add in the carrots, green peas & keep stirring gently but continuously- add in the salt, turmeric powder & Kashmiri red chili powder.
- Sauté well & add some water/ cover the pan & cook for about 5-6 mins time until soft enough but not mushy at all. Now, add in the soaked Thinai Millets & mix everything together well, until nicely combined.
- Cover the lid, reduce the flame to low-medium & let it cook for the next 15-17 mins time until all are nicely cooked, & the very water dries up completely.
- Once done: Turn off the flame…add in a dollop of some extra ghee & roasted masala (optional completely but I did so) & let it sit on the hot oven, with its lid on for about another 10 mins time.
- Time to dish out on the serving platter. Garnish, as per your own choice. It’s ready to be served now.💁🏻♀️
- ENJOY.😋 piping hot with any hot beverage of your choice & fill in your heart & soul with such a healthy & nutritious breakfast/meal, etc. that’s very much complete & self-satiating in itself.
It is the second-most widely planted species of millet. Foxtail millet is "thinai" in Tamil. Thinai upma is made from thinai rava. You can substitute thinai rava with any other millet rava and follow the same This was sitting in my draft for more than a year, I thought it is time I share this recipe as it is long since I posted a millet recipe. Actually thinai doesnt have its own flavour…its kind of bland so we need to induce flavours to this millet.
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