Millet Curd rice recipe

Millet Curd rice recipe with step by step pictures and video, a popular South Indian rice variety also called as Thayir sadam. For us South Indians, especially the Tamil Brahmin people, curd rice is a must one during our lunch meal. I have already posted a curd rice recipe and also shared the Temple style curd rice recipe. Generally raw rice or sona masoori rice is best suitable for making curd rice. Similarly we can make curd rice using Millets too. Varagu | kodo millet is the closest variety equivalent to raw rice. I make curd rice using millet many times at home . Even i have posted that in my Lunch menu 9 too. This Millet Curd rice i have done in my cookery demo once here in Singapore. It was super hit in the demo. A small variation from the usual recipe makes it more flavourful and yummy. Do check out other Millet recipe collections from Jeyashris kitchen.

For my friends in Singapore, we get good quality Millet from Sri Murugan Singapore. They have outlets island wide and they do home delivery too. We can order our monthly grocery through their Android and iOs app too. They have all varieties of millet and millet flour too. 

Barley dosa recipe, South Indian breakfast recipes

Barley dosa| Barley dosai recipe with video and step by step pictures, a healthy, crispy dosa recipe, made using barley and millets. Dosa is a most staple dish in the South Indian Kitchen. We make it for breakfast and dinner too. We generally make dosa batter using Idli rice and urad dal. Recently i got a pack of Barley as i was advised to take Barley water. Barley water has a lot of health benefits and taking Barley water is the best way to hydrate the body in summer. I thought i will try out some recipe using barley and decided to make dosa. To my surprise it turned out so crisp and yum. And kids too loved it. If the recipe is kids approved then it has to be posted right! Do try this at home and let me know how it turned out.

Do check out my

1. Bamboo rice dosa
2. Ragi Rava dosa

Millet Veg pulao recipe, Millet recipes

Millet veg pulao, made using barnyard millet and veggies, a healthy one pot meal and a perfect lunch box recipe too. I have tried millet veg biryani using Varagu arisi, and have given the recipe of the same in my Millet cook book. Also tried and posted few millet rice varieties. Generally we make veg pulao using basmati rice, but i wanted to try Pulao using Millet. To make a healthy start of the year, let me share the recipe of Millet Veg pulao. Do try this at home, kids at home liked it too and they agreed to take it for lunch box too.
check out my

• Millet Bisibelabath
• Millet Capsicum rice

Thinai maavu Nei appam recipe, Easy appam recipe

Millet flour nei appam recipe with video and step by step pictures. Easy and Instant Nei appam made using millet flour, over riped banana and brown sugar, easy recipe for bachelors and working women. Generally we make nei appam with rice or rice flour or wheat flour. I have posted many varieties of nei appam in Jeyashri's kitchen. We make nei appam for ganesh chaturthi, avani avittam, Karthigai deepam and Krishna jayanthi too. This version of nei appam is with Thinai mavu | foxtail millet flour. I got a pack of thinai maavu to try out some sweet. Among the millet flours, thinai is perfect for making sweets. I have given few sweet recipes using thinai maavu in my Millet cook book. Recently a friend shared with me this recipe of nei appam using brown sugar. It tasted so yum and she made with rice flour. I wanted to try the recipe using the Thinai maavu i got from Sri Murugan stores.
For my readers in Singapore
We get Thinai maavu in Sri Murugan stores. They have a wide range of millet flours in their outlets. You can place your order through Sri Murugan stores android or iOs app too. Check out their newly opened huge store at Yishun mall.
Check to see the full collection of Karthigai Deepam recipes in Jeyashri's Kitchen.

Millet Flakes upma recipe, Breakfast recipes

Millet flakes upma recipe, with video and step by step pictures. Millet flakes upma is an easy to make healthy breakfast recipe. We all make Poha upma | batata poha using rice flakes. In our house, poha upma is a quite staple and i make it once in a week. And the only dish, which Suresh can make so confidently is Poha upma. I generally use getti aval for making batata poha and sometimes the medium thick poha also will be used in my kitchen. We all love the addition of peanuts in poha upma and so i generally add little more of peanuts in my upma.
Recently i saw Millet flakes,in many varieties of millet when i went to India. I thought i will buy a packet to try that but in the last minute i forgot about that. Few days back when i visited Sri Murugan stores(Singapore) to buy my grocery, I saw the varieties of Millet flakes there. I am excited to see that and picked a 250 gms of Little millet flakes. I tried Upma with that and it turned out quite well and no one noticed that it is made using millet. The taste is so similar, i made this recipe by combining my Pori upma and batata poha recipes. You can also make millet flakes paal payasam, thayir sadam using this millet flakes.
 For my readers in Singapore, Sri Murugan has a wide range of Millet flakes and they are available in small 250 gms packet too. They do home delivery island wide. Download Sri Murugan stores app in Android and iOs device and place your order.

Ragi rava laddu recipe, Indian sweets

Ragi rava laddu recipe, a super easy Indian sweet made using roasted ragi flour, semolina, ghee and sugar. Recently a friend sent me some delicious ragi laddus to me, while returning my dabbas, which was with her. The laddus were too yum and i assumed that it is store bought as she sent a pack of Grand sweets mixture too. I immediately pinged her and appreciated it and she told it was made by her mother in law. As the taste was lingering, i planned to make this easy Indian sweet for Janmashtami. I asked her the recipe and she told it is made using whole ragi. I had 2 packets of roasted ragi flour i wanted to try it out with that flour. Since i wanted to get the same texture, i added little coarsely ground sooji too. You can make the ragi laddus only with ragi flour too. A simple and easy diwali sweet which will surely get appreciations from the family.

Ragi rava dosa recipe, Instant rava dosa

Ragi rava dosa, crispy rava dosa recipe with ragi flour, rava and rice flour, apt for breakfast and dinner. Ragi | nachini | Finger millet is a healthy millet flour. Rava dosa rarely takes place in my kitchen as only me and Suresh likes it a lot. Ragi dosa is loved by every one at home and i make it almost every week. I have seen this Ragi rava dosa in Instagram, from Shanti aunty's post very long back and tried at home. Everyone loved it including kids. So i make this once in a while in my kitchen. Also i have posted in my Instagram stories too. I wanted to share this with everyone and made this ragi rava dosa today and took the video of the same too. Also you can make the potato masala and stuff inside to make ragi rava masala dosa. Do try this yummy Ragi rava dosa at home and let me know how it turned out.
Also check out my

• Ragi rava idli
• Ragi adai   

Jowar Chocolate chip cookies, eggless cookies

Jowar chocolate chip cookies, eggless, butterless, no sugar cookies using healthy Jowar millet flour. A healthy jowar cookies using Karupatti, palm jaggery, with step by step pictures and Video. I have already posted Thinai cookies(foxtail millet cookies) The same recipe i used for this jowar cookies but used chocolate chip and replaced jaggery with Karupatti, palm jaggery. The cookies turned out so well and i felt so good for giving the kids a healthy snack. When i saw a pack of Karupatti, Pure Palm jaggery in Sri Murugan stores, i bought the small 200 gm packet. They have 500 gms packet as well. I decided to make Karupatti paniyaram and Karupatti appam but then i decided to make the cookies as i had a lot of  jowar flour with me.
  For my friends in Singapore, we get Karupatti, palm jaggery in Sri Murugan stores. I got this from the recently opened one in Simei. They are available at affordable prices. Sri Murugan stores do home delivery also. I always shop my grocery there as i always find them fresh and value for money.

Thai style noodles recipe | millet noodles

Thai style vegetarian noodles recipe,using Millet noodles,with video and step by step pictures. I wanted to post the popular Pad thai noodles. recipe. But the authentic pad thai recipe use fish sauce and other ingredients which i don't think i use in daily cooking. Generally i make hakka noodles for the kids using plain noodles or spaghetti. Rice noodles is not liked by kids so generally,i make South Indian sevai only using Rice noodles. I have tried the Vegetarian Bee hoon recipe using the brown rice noodles. This thai style style noodles recipe is bit different from Bee hoon,as it uses peanut butter in it. The sauce base which we use for this Thai veg noodles is quite interesting and it tasted so awesome too. The peanut butter didn't taste very strong in this recipe,so if you don't like the flavor of peanut butter also,you will like it. I tried this using Millet noodles recipe. Kids loved this and didn't found any difference.

 For my readers in Singapore
   Udhayam Brand Millet noodles is available in Sri Murugan stores Singapore. They have outlets in Syed Alwi road and the new Sri Murugan plus opened in Simei also have a wide variety of groceries and fresh vegetables. They have a wide range of Millet noodles,like samai noodles, kuthravali noodles,kambu noodles and so on. I used Samai noodles for this Thai style veg noodles. This can be cooked in 2 minutes and doesn't need any steaming. Just boil for 2 minutes, drain the water and proceed with the making of noodles. Will share another interesting noodles recipe using their Millet noodles. This noodles comes with a taste maker inside the packet. But i didn't use that one. And the best part is it is not over priced,a pack of 200 gm noodles costs,1.80 SGD. You can download Sri Murugan Mobile app (both android and iOs version) and get your grocery by home delivery.

Millet Bisi bele bath recipe | Millet Recipes

Bisi bele bath, using millets with step by step pictures. Bisi bele bath is a popular Karnataka dish, made usingMillets and toor dal and other freshly ground Sambar masala. I have already posted my version of Bisi bele bath recipe with video, but i don't claim it as authentic Karnataka recipe. This Millet Bisi bele bath recipe i have already given in my First cook book on Millets, Neengalum Samaikalam Sirudhaniyam. Recently i tried a slightly different version of bisi bele bath, which i learnt from my co sister.  I have tried this some time back using rice and shared in Jeyashris kitchen Instagram too. I generally use home made sambar powder and fresh spices for making bisi bele bath, but she always uses only fresh masala. I generally don't add cinnamom or clove in Bisi bele bath as my family don't like it that way. Kids love this version too, but today when i made this recipe by replacing millets with rice, i was not sure as how they will respond. They enjoyed the Millet Bisi bele bath and we had Yam Tawa fry and cut mango pickle to pair with this hot hot bisi bela bath | sambar rice.

Millet Capsicum rice | Easy lunch box recipes

Millet capsicum rice recipe,with video. Millet capsicum rice with Idli Molagapodi, a perfect lunch box recipe. Recently when we went for a day trip to a nearby island with friends,one of them was casually sharing about this Capsicum rice with idli molagapodi. It was quite interesting and i immediately tried it the next day and posted in Jeyashris kitchen Instagram. The recipe uses Varagu millet and you can replace with any millet of your choice. You can replace millet with rice too. The flavour of the molagapodi pairs very well with the rice and millet. I have already posted Capsicum rice recipe using Sambar powder.  Check out my collection of Millet recipes from Jeyashri's kitchen.

Paneer cutlet recipe | Millet paneer cutlet

Paneer cutlet with millet, i tried this for the first time in a cookery class here in Singapore. Even when i was trying this at home before the class, it was a loved by everyone. Also it was a super hit recipe in the class too. Paneer and cooked millet are the main ingredients and gram flour |kadalai maavu is used for binding. It is a perfect starter for parties. Also you can stuff this inside the burger and serve for kids. I won't say this is a healthy cutlet recipe but you can make it healthy by cooking the cutlets on a pan.

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• Beetroot cutlet
• Soya chunks cutlet
• Semiya cutlet  

Ragi Adai recipe | Finger Millet adai

Ragi adai | finger millet adai , is a very healthy recipe, which can be served either for breakfast or for dinner too. I remember making this very long back, but i am not happy with the outcomea nd so i didn't post the recipe of ragi adai for a long time. When i was casually talking to a friend about this ragi adai some weeks back, she told that her mom makes it well and she told she would pass on the recipe to me. After she told, i could make out where i made the mistake. Check out my notes section at the end of the post. These ragi adais turned out to be so perfect. Check out my other ragi recipes:

• Ragi dosai
• Ragi chocolate cake
• Ragi aloo methi paratha

Thinai Ven Pongal | Millet recipes

Wish you all a very Happy New year 2016. I wanted to start the New year with a healthy recipe and so made this Thinai Ven pongal today and posting the same. Pongal is a staple South Indian breakfast. During my very short vacation to Chennai last week, i got organic thinai | foxtail millet. Both my brother in law and his wife , left their IT job and doing organic farming in a small village near Pondicherry. This foxtail millet is grown in their field and i got it from them freshly after few days of harvest. But due to weight constraints i couldn't carry much here to Singapore. I have already posted the recipe of Ven pongal in the style which my mil makes it. But this Thinai ven pongal i have made it in my mom's style which is my most favorite too. Both my mom and mil are experts in making ven pongal. Try out this healthy Thinai ven pongal and start the day with a healthy breakfast. Check out my other Millet recipes and i have published a cook book on Millets in Tamil.  Stay tuned for more interesting recipes coming up this year. Check out my Diet plan page too.

EGGLESS RAGI CHOCOLATE CAKE| MILLET RECIPES

ragi chocolate cake with nutella glaze

Making cake with millet flour, is the one i always love. I have already baked a thinai cake and the recipe of which is in my recent cookbook. I wanted to make a cup cake with ragi|finger millet flour. Finally i made this vegan ragi chocolate cake and it was a super hit among kids. The recipe was slightly adapted from here . I packed this for their snacks and they really enjoyed it very much. I just topped the cake with a nutella galze. Since i had 1 tblsp of nutella lying in  the box, after trying a sandwich with nutella (recipe coming soon). I felt very satisfied for giving a home baked millet cake for kids to school.  Even if you do not have oven, you can try the same cake in pressure cooker too. Check out my pressure cooker cake for more details and instructions.

Ragi chocolate cake

  Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 35 Mins |Serves: 16 square pieces

     Ragi flour   1 cup
     Whole wheat flour   1/2 cup
     Sugar    1/2 cup
     Cocoa powder  1/4 cup
     Baking soda   1/2 tsp
     Oil      5 tblsp
     Lemon juice   1 tblsp
    Vanilla essence     1 tsp
    Water    1 and 1/4 cup         
   For nutella glaze
   Nutella   1 tblsp
   Butter   1 tsp
   Milk    2 tblsp

Method:

• In a wide bowl, sift the ragi flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda and cocoa powder.
• Powder the sugar and in a bowl add the sugar, oil,lemon juice, vanilla essence and water.

• Now slowly mix the wet ingredients and the dry ingredients together and whisk it gently without any lumps.

• Grease a cake tin with oil and dust it with little flour.
• Pour in the batter to this and genlty tap it to get rid of the air bubbles.

• Bake this for 30 -35 minutes in a oven at 160 degrees. Insert a toothpick in the center and if comes out clean then it is done. Mine took 30 minutes . Timing varies from oven to oven. 
• Allow this to cool completely. Cut them into sqares after pouring the nutella glaze.

• To make the glaze, in a pan add nutella, milk and butter together.
• Keep in a low flame and stir it. Let this get combined together. Once the butter is melted switch off the flame. It took 2-3 minutes for me to make this glaze.

• when the cake is completely cool, pour the glaze over the cake and spread it evenly and genlty with a butter knife.

• Then cut this into squares. 

Notes:

1. You can replace whole wheat flour with maida too.
2. You can skip the nutella glaze and serve it plain also.
3. The cake was bit dense but was very tasty and kids friendly too.
4. You can add finely chopped nuts while mixing the flour.
5. Chocolate chips can also be added.

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SAMAI ARISI KANJI | MILLET RECIPES| MILLET PORRIDGE

Rice can be replaced with any millets rice to make the dish healthy. My mom used to make arisi kanji sometimes for my paati either for breakfast or for dinner. Especially during summer, while making vadam, she makes this in bulk and keep it chilled. So it will be a perfect summer coolant. As the porridge has vendayam(fenugreek seeds) it will be a natural coolant for the body. Either you can have this for breakfast or for dinner or make it bit thin and drink as a mid day drink too. This recipe is a perfect one for people who are on diet and diabetic too.
   I tried this porridge with samai arisi. You can try with any millet of your choice. Check out my millet recipes here.

JOWAR ROTI | HOW TO MAKE JOWAR KI ROTI | MILLET RECIPES

Jowar roti | jowar ki roti | jolada roti is a gluten free roti recipe made with sorghum flour. Jowar atta is found commonly in all Indian grocery stores. Jowar roti is a very healthy roti and can be easily made too. Just it needs few times of practise and i am sure you can master in making jowar ki roti. I tried thsi roti few months back and it was a big flop show. I ended up wasting the flour. After that i didn't attempt. After that one of my friend was asking me to post the recipe of jowar ki roti and i told her, i tried it few times but it is not coming, but will try sometime . I remember one of my friend do this very often and now she is living in australia. I called her and asked the recipe and she patiently explained each and every step and gave me the tips to make perfect jowar ki roti. the same evening i tried the recipe and shared with the friend who asked me for this roti recipe. And after making it 2-3 times i made it very perfect and now a  days, i make it twice in a week. You can try Bajra roti and Ragi aloo paratha. 
I have posted a amatuer video as how to roll the jowar rotis . This will give you an idea.Try out this jowar ki roti at home and let me know how it turned out.
   Very happy to share with you all that my first cook book got published by Vikatan publications . The book is themed Millet recipes and available in all leading book shops in Tamilnadu. They are available for online purchase too . Click this link to buy the book. http://books.vikatan.com/index.php?bid=2303. Thanks for your support.

MILLET CUCUMBER LASSI RECIPE | MILLET RECIPES

Lassi , whether it is sweet or salt, is the most healthy and welcoming drink all time. I have already posted the recipe of  masala chaas here . When i posted vazhaithandu mor i have this idea in mind. . This cucumber lassi with millet is a very healthy one and quite filling too. I made this kuthiraivali | Barnyard millet. You can try with varagu, thinai or samai too. even can make with Oats too. Try this millet cucumber lassi and stay hydrated this summer.

RAGI DOSA RECIPE| MILLET RECIPES

Ragi is  also called as kezhvaragu in Tamil.I always make instant ragi dosa at home. When amma was here when we were talking casually she told we can soak whole ragi seeds and make ragi dosa too. So tried the mom's ragi dosa recipe and it was a super hit. Amma told the recipe using raw rice and i replaced with samai rice. You can add varagu too. Try including ragi in your diet as it has lot of health benefits. If you are looking for a healthy and super tasy crispy dosa,then try out this ragi dosa recipe. We had this ragi dosai with thakkali thokku and a glass of pudina chaas. Will post the recipe of chaas soon.

THAYIR SEMIYA RECIPE | MILLET CURD SEMIYA

Thayir semiya my amma makes with idiyappam.  I wanted to make this with semiya then tried with millet semiya. As the summer season is peaking up i thought this will be perfect  for the season. A simple accompaniment of mor milagaai, maanga thokku, maanga inji, cut mango pickle will be a perfect with this thayir semiya.