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Healthy Food Recipes - Thinai (Foxtail Millet) Payasam!
Posted on: 05/Feb/2015 12:13:41 PM
Ingredients
- Thinai (Foxtail Millet) – 1 cup
- Moong Dal (Pasi Parrupu) – 1 spoon (optional)
- Grated Jaggery – 1 cup or more (depends your wish)
- Boiled Milk – 1 cup
- Cardamom Powder – ¼ spoon
- Ghee – 2 spoon
- Cashew nuts – 5 nos
- Raisins – 5 nos
- Edible Camphor – a small pinch
Method of Preparation:
- Dry roast the Thinai (foxtail millet) in a pan till you get the fried smell. Then soak it in water for about 15 minutes.
- In addition to the Thinai, you can add a spoon of moong dal and soak it in water. (Optional)
- Then drain foxtail millet completely from water and pressure cook it for about 1 or 2 whistles. The water ratio is 1: 3 (i.e., for 1 cup of Thinai, add 3 cups of water).
- Then add water to the grated Jaggery (Add minimum quantity of water, till the jaggery gets immersed). Keep the stove in low flame and once the jaggery gets dissolved in water. Strain it and remove the impurities which gets collected on top of the water.
- In a separate bowl collect the jaggery syrup and keep the stove in low flame and sauté it for about 5 minutes. Then add the boiled cooked Thinai and stir well.
- Keep on stirring continuously, so as to avoid the formation of cramps and contents gets sticking to the bottom of the bowl.
- Then add the boiled milk and mix well.
- Separately roast the cashew nuts and raisins in ghee and add it to the Payasam.
- Then add the cardamom powder and a pinch of edible camphor.
- Switch off the flame and transfer it to the serving bowl.
- Allow it to cool for some time. If the consistency of the Payasam becomes thicker, then add the required quantity of milk to it.
Tips:
- You can prepare ‘Thinai Payasam’ without even adding a spoon of moong dal.
- If you want your dish to be sweeter, add more jaggery and ghee than mentioned in the ingredients measure.
Health Benefits:
- Thinai is highly rich in fibre and protein.
- Healthful nutritious alternate for rice.
- As you all aware, small millet groups are easy to digest.
- Aids lowering blood pressure level.
- Reduces cholesterol level.
- Ideal food for people who has diabetes and gastric troubles.
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Mrs. Lavanya Sampath
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